Strawberries and Darkness

Rare Pairs #5

Clawslasher and Auklet(or Clawklet/Aukletslasher/Sea Shell):

Another one I have to get creative with...

I think Clawslasher would be like a self-chosen bodyguard for Auklet similar to Deathbringer with Glory. Clawslasher wouldn't be over-protective, honestly, he'd be quite relaxed but when Auklet's life or mental health is in danger, Clawslasher takes the job of being a medic, therapist, friend, romantic partner, and shoulder to cry on all at the same time. It concerns Auklet a little bit with Clawslasher's shift of devotion but she tries to make up for it as best as she can.

While Auklet writes and weaves, Clawslasher uses his creativity to help Auklet with ideas and he's patient enough to sit back and watch as long as he spends time with her.

Another thing would be that whenever one is having an outburst or anger issue, both can get quite intense, and sometimes depends on the other to calm them down. In Auklet's case, whenever Clawslasher hears objects getting thrown around he'll quickly rush over and try to restrain/bearhug Auklet until she eventually gives up and starts sobbing onto him while in the other way around, Clawslasher would get too excessive when striking other dragons that Auklet would quietly but sternly stand in the way as Clawslasher is controlled enough to not ever try to swing if that means someone he cares about would get hurt.

How would they meet? I think this scenario would have to take place in a situation where in the past, Coral had a meeting with Glory and since Coral requires Auklet to stick with her, she was forced along as well which Clawslasher observed and due to his own experiences with a bit of bad parenting, Clawslasher, despite being pretty young, had a good awareness that Auklet did not like it and what Coral was doing was hurting her.

Of course, he couldn't do much but he did try to check up on Auklet and they hung out together briefly which was one of the few times Auklet felt like she had freedom so far which made it hard to forget. It was memorable enough that Auklet never truly forgot about it and when she saw Clawslasher again, while others saw a cold and unfamiliar Nightwing, Auklet saw that cold, serious yet empathetic Nightwing that chose to help and hang out with her that one day in the rainforest.

Also, Clawslasher would be the type that would straight up flip off Coral, grab Auklet, and sprint(Cliff would also do something similar).