Feathers for a Flower, Trills for a Mate
Tags: nsfw, Doctor/reader, courting, dry humping
The circus grounds hummed with distant music and screams, but the edges between tents were quiet. After Harlequin's performance you needed a moment to yourself, the circus's atmosphere making you feel out of breath.
You crouched as your eye caught something on the ground, a perfect crimson feather. Then you found another, and another, they seemed to be everywhere. What kind of bird was leaving these all around?
Soon your coat pockets were full. In your mind, you pictured turning them into something beautiful, delicate flowers with layered petals, wired stems, perhaps worn as ornaments or kept as personal treasures. They deserved better than to be ground into the dirt.
Your flower ornament thoughts were interrupted by a pair of footsteps. You looked up to find the Ticket Taker and Jester standing over you, their expressions unusually serious beneath the mask.
“Those don’t belong to you visitor” Ticket Taker and Jester startled you.
“Circus property they're decorative elements. Be so kind as to hand them over.” The Ticket Taker extended a gloved hand, voice flat.
“Can’t have guests stealing them, can we?” You clutched the feathers closer. You knew it'd be wrong to keep something that's not yours, but when have they ever had a show that needed these feathers?
“They were lying on the ground. And they feel too alive to be simple decor...” You felt a shiver run down your spine just as you said it. Jester's eyes felt menacing now, making you look at the ground in shame.
Before they could press further, a tall figure emerged from the medical tent’s shadow. Doctor.
“Leave them” Doctor said quietly. The other two deny instantly with uneasy glances.
"No, they must not keep them Doctor. I'm certain you are aware why" Jester's voice sounded demanding, cold, a usual shift in his voice. But Doctor ignored his warning and centered his attention on you.
“You collected the feathers?”
“I did.” You lifted one, turning it slowly.
“I wanted to make flowers from them. They’re gorgeous” A visible shiver ran through him. Despite you eagerness to keep them and your curiosity on why they were lying to you. You stepped closer to Ticket Taker, voice softening.
“It's a shame they’re not meant to be kept. They’re so beautiful… and soft.” Your thumb stroked along the feather’s edge, slow and appreciative. The texture was divine—warm from residual body heat, silky, almost electric against your skin. You ultimately hand them over, the other two casting a murderous gaze upon you but ultimately leaving, not before giving Doctor a warning gaze.
Doctor’s reaction was immediate and involuntary at your statement. His chest puffed outward with a soft rustle. The motion made him look even taller. A deep, thrumming sound rolled from him, half-purr and half-coo. It vibrated through the night air, warm and intimate, unmistakably a courtship trill.The circus fell silent.
You looked at him in confusion and amusement.
Pierrot stepped out of the shadows, stunned.
“No. Impossible. He never—” The sound deepened as Doctor leaned in, head tilting with soft beak clicks. His eyes fixed on you with raw, predatory fascination. The trill wrapped around you like velvet, carrying faint traces of his scent; warm feathers, herbs, and something distinctly him.
A gloved hand suddenly seized your wrist, taking you away from the trance.“Time to go, darling!” Pierrot’s voice rang out, edged with urgency. Doctor’s trill cut off with an indignant click.
“Pierrot. Timing impeccable, as always" His chest remained puffed, feathers fluffed, eyes narrowed at Pierrot in clear warning. Another loose red feather drifted from his coat, landing at your feet like an offering.
The circus night felt different now. Somewhere behind you, the Doctor was already calculating his next careful, instinctive step in this unexpected courtship.
As Pierrot led you toward the lingering lights and music you glanced back at Doctor, he stood motionless. His keen gaze tracked your every step.
Pierrot kept his arm firmly against you as he guided you along the main path. His bells jingled with every step, a cheerful counterpoint to the way his panicked eyes kept flicking back toward the Doctor's tent. With a sense of guilt you speak;
“I only wanted to keep them because they're beautiful. I didn’t expect… that reaction. I'm sorry Pierrot”
Rapid footsteps approached from behind. Ticket Taker skidded into view, his usual calm energy dialed up to frantic. He grabbed Pierrot’s sleeve and tugged hard, whispering something urgent. You caught fragments—“Jester está furioso-” “-aquele visitante,” “-troféus” Pierrot sighed, releasing your arm with puppy eyes.
“I’ll only be a moment. Don’t wander too far, please darling?" He shot you a quick, nervous smile before letting Ticket Taker drag him toward one of smaller tents.
You stood alone for barely ten seconds before the air behind you shifted.
“Quickly,” a low, precise voice said near your ear. Doctor’s gloved hand settled lightly at the small of your back, guiding rather than pushing. His coat brushed against your side as he steered you off the main path and toward a tall, elegant tent you hadn’t noticed before, it was bathed in soft teal light that spilled from within like deep seawater under moonlight. The fabric looked heavier than the others, almost velvety.
Doctor let the flap fall shut behind you. For a long moment he simply stood there, tall and composed, golden eyes studying your face. Then his shoulders relaxed by a fraction.
“Forgive the abruptness,” he murmured.
“Pierrot means well, but his sense of timing is deliberately obstructive. I wanted a moment without the entire troupe speculating.” You took one of the feathers from the table, turning it slowly.
“They really don’t like me keeping these, do they?”His voice remained clinical, but a faint tension tightened his jaw.
“We used to have trouble with visitors who went out of their way to... steal from us. The others fear you might be doing the same. Even unintentionally."
“I’m not, I know they're not part of the circus' decor” you said softly.
“I just think they’re beautiful. I want to turn them into something that lasts. Flowers that don’t wilt.” That same unconscious reaction rippled through him again. His chest expanded, shoulders squaring beneath the long coat as if presenting himself. The flush returned above his collar. A low, resonant sound started in his throat, that same velvet purr-coo from earlier. It filled the enclosed space of the tent, wrapping around you like warm hands.
Doctor caught it this time and tried to stifle the sound, but it only deepened for a few seconds before fading into a quiet click. He looked almost embarrassed.
“You keep doing that...” you said, smiling despite the heat in your own face.
“Forgive me, it is… involuntary,” he admitted, voice rougher than usual.
“Praise of that nature triggers certain instincts I normally keep under strict control. I have strong theories that it's stronger when the praise comes from you” His eyes dropped to the feather in your fingers, then to the way you continued stroking it.
“You handle them with care. With appreciation. That is… dangerously appealing.” Doctor’s hand rose, hesitating only a moment before his gloved fingers brushed yours as he accepted the feather. The contact lingered. His chest puffed again, subtly proud, and that low thrumming purr returned, quieter now, almost private. He didn’t fight it this time.
“Sit. I’ll show you how to layer them so the natural curve becomes the petal shape you want.” You settled on a cushioned stool near the desk while he pulled up the chair opposite you. Doctor’s long fingers moved with surgical precision, demonstrating how to anchor the feather’s shaft without damaging the vane, how to layer three or four together to create depth and shimmer. Every time your hands brushed, or you murmured how soft and gorgeous the feathers felt, his posture would straighten and that pleased, instinctive trill would vibrate between you.
“You’re staring,” you teased gently.
“I am observing,” he corrected, though the purr undercut any clinical tone.
“Noting how the light catches in your eyes when you’re focused. Cataloguing the way your pulse quickens when I make that sound.” He tilted his head, the movement graceful and bird-like.
“You are not afraid of it. Of me. That is… rare.”
“I like it” you confessed.
“The sound." Another loose crimson feather slipped free from beneath his collar and drifted onto the desk between you like a deliberate gift.
Outside a distant voice rose. Pierrot calling your name. Doctor made no move to end the moment. Instead, he reached across the small workspace and gently tucked one of the finished feather flowers behind your ear, his gloved fingers brushing your cheek.
“Stay a while longer” he murmured, voice low and warm beneath the continuous thrumming courtship sound.“The others can wait. I find I am not yet finished examining you”
Pierrot kept searching for you.
Doctor’s eyes flicked toward the tent flap. His posture stiffened, but he did not pull away from where the two of you sat close at the desk, half-finished feather flowers scattered between you. That low, thrumming purr still vibrated steadily in his chest, now laced with a protective edge.
Then something shifted in the air. A warm, spiced scent began to roll off him in slow waves. It filled the soft-lit tent, heavy and unmistakable. Outside, the footsteps slowed. A muttered conversation drifted through the canvas, too low to make out clearly, before Harlequin’s voice rose just enough
“…No. Not tonight. He’s… you know what that means. We don’t interrupt when the scent comes this strong. Not unless we want trouble.”
Doctor exhaled, the sound clinical yet relieved.
“Wise of them. I am… preoccupied. They will not return.”He turned back to you. The eyes behind the beak mask were darker now, pupils wide. His gloved hands flexed on the desk before he spoke again, voice precise and measured, as though dictating notes.
“You are flushed. Elevated heart rate. Dilated pupils. I would like to examine you. Properly. For… scientific purposes. To better understand why my instincts respond so strongly to your praise” There was no practiced seduction in his words. Only blunt honesty wrapped in the safety of medical language. He had never done this before. Never courted. Never touched anyone with intent. The clinical framing was the only way he knew how to proceed. You nodded, pulse quickening.
“Turn around” he instructed quietly.
“Face the examination table. You will not look at me directly. It is… safer this way. For both of us.” You obeyed, standing and turning. The table was cool beneath your palms as you leaned forward slightly. Behind you, Doctor’s coat rustled. He stepped close enough that the heat of his taller body radiated against your back without full contact.
“Clinical observation only” he murmured, more to himself than to you, as if reminding himself of the rules. His gloved hands settled lightly on your shoulders first, clinical and steady.
“Breathing steady. Good.” Then the contact grew bolder, he slid one hand slowly down your side, mapping the curve of your waist as though measuring for a procedure. The other rested at the nape of your neck.His chest pressed against your upper back, broad and warm through the layers of his coat. The low purr returned, deeper now, vibrating directly into you.
“You handled my feathers with such care" he said, voice tight with concentration.
“Repeated tactile stimulation. Compliments. It triggered… a persistent arousal response. I need to catalog the mirrored effect in you."
His hips rolled forward experimentally, pressing the hard line of his clothed erection against the curve of your ass. The movement was awkward at first, unpracticed, almost mechanical, before instinct smoothed it into a slow, deliberate grind. Even fully dressed, the size and heat of him were unmistakable. The fabric of his coat created delicious friction as he rocked against you. A shaky breath left him.
“Fascinating. Increased pressure here produces measurable tremor in your frame.” Another slow roll of his hips, firmer this time, trapping you gently between the table and his body.
“Your scent is changing. Warmer. Sweeter.” He didn’t know how to talk dirty. Instead he narrated like a physician lost in discovery, voice husky and clinical while his body moved with growing need.
One arm was wrapped around your front, his gloved hand splaying possessively over your lower stomach to hold you steady as he rutted slowly, deliberately against you. The thick ridge of his cock dragged along the seam of your clothing with every controlled thrust, the layers between you only heightening the teasing ache.You pressed back against him and he made a soft, startled click in his throat.
“Reciprocal pressure,” he breathed, almost awed.
“Yes. Like that.” His hips snapped forward a little harder, losing some of their careful rhythm. The mask prevented any kisses, but he lowered his head until the cool beak rested against the side of your neck, breathing you in.
“You are responding beautifully. Elevated temperature. Muscle tension consistent with pre-orgasmic state. I- I have never…” The confession trailed off into another deep, involuntary trill.
His chest puffed against your back, proud even now. The dry humping grew more insistent, long, grinding strokes that rubbed his clothed length firmly between your cheeks, seeking friction and pressure while his hand kept you pinned gently in place.
“Tell me if it becomes too much” his voice had gone rough.
“I do not wish to harm you. But the instinct to… mount and claim is very strong when you smell like this.” His free hand slid lower, pressing over your front, feeling the way your body reacted to each deliberate roll of his hips. The teal tent felt smaller, warmer, filled with the sound of his purring trill and the soft rhythmic rustle of fabric as the Doctor lost himself in his first real experience of intimate touch. He pressed closer, hips working in a steady, rolling rhythm, the hard heat of him grinding persistently against you while he catalogued every gasp and shiver like precious data.
Doctor’s arm tightened around your waist, gloved hand splayed possessively over your lower abdomen as he pulled you flush against him. The hard, thick ridge of his cock pressed insistently between your cheeks through layers of fabric, rutting with growing urgency. His hips rolled in long, deliberate strokes. Clinical at first, then increasingly desperate as instinct overtook precision.
“Observable increase in friction response,” he murmured against the side of your neck, the cool beak of his mask brushing your skin. His voice was rough and strained.
“Your body is accommodating the pressure beautifully. Temperature elevated… breathing pattern fragmented” The low, thrumming purr in his chest never stopped. It vibrated through his torso and into your back, deep and resonant, growing louder each time he ground forward. He rutted harder, hips snapping with more force. Every thrust dragged his clothed length firmly along your ass, the friction hot and relentless despite all the barriers between you.You moaned softly and pushed back against him. Doctor’s breath hitched sharply.
“Reciprocal movement- ngh noted” His free hand slid down, pressing between your legs from the front, cupping and rubbing you through your clothes in time with his thrusts.
“You are close. I can feel it in the tension of your musculature.” He adjusted his angle slightly, driving upward so the thick head of his cock rubbed right against the most sensitive spot with every roll of his hips. The motion was no longer purely experimental, it was needy, almost animalistic, his broad chest puffed and feathers rustling faintly beneath his coat as he chased the building pleasure.The purr fractured into short, desperate trills.
“I… I am approaching peak response” he warned, clinical even now, though his voice trembled.
“Unable to suppress- you are too receptive. Too warm. Keep pressing back exactly like that" His hips stuttered, losing rhythm as he rutted faster, grinding hard and deep against your ass. The pressure, the heat, the constant vibration of his chest, and the way his gloved fingers rubbed you firmly from the front all coiled tighter and tighter inside you.Doctor’s trill rose in pitch.
“Let go. I need to feel you come while I-" You shattered first. Pleasure crashed over you in heavy waves, thighs shaking as you moaned and pressed back hard against his grinding cock. Your body clenched and trembled through the orgasm, soaking the front of your clothes where his hand kept rubbing you through it.
The moment he felt you come, Doctor let out a broken, deep growling sound and thrusted forward one final time, hips jerking erratically. His cock pulsed hard against your ass as he came, thick and prolonged, flooding the inside of his cloak with wet heat you could feel even through the fabric. He kept grinding through it in short, shallow thrusts, as if trying to push his release deeper into you despite every barrier. The purr vibrated so strongly it felt like it rattled your bones.For several long seconds the only sounds in the tent were your ragged breathing and his continuous, satisfied trill.
Doctor’s forehead came to rest against the back of your shoulder. His arms remained wrapped around you, holding you steady while his hips gave one last lazy roll, savoring the warm, sticky aftermath.
“…Extraordinary,” he whispered, voice hoarse but still carrying that clinical wonder.
“Mutual orgasm achieved through non-penetrative friction alone. Endorphin response in both subjects markedly elevated. I will… need to document the exact stimuli later.” He stayed pressed against your back for a long moment, unwilling to separate. One gloved hand stroked slowly over your stomach in soothing circles while the other gently eased its pressure between your legs, now petting rather than rubbing.
“Stay here,” he said quietly.
“The scent will keep the others away a while longer. I would like to… observe the afterglow.” A soft, content trill rolled through his chest as he nuzzled the side of your neck with the cool edge of his mask, the closest thing he could manage to a kiss.