Prompt: cobwebs. (xXArcadeWarlockXx on FFN)
This is the last drabble! Sorry it's an entire week late... XD
Strings of silk came from every outcropping, draping gracefully. Tens and hundreds of shining lines, misted with dew. They created a lovely mesh, a web of the softest, stickiest, strongest wire. It was a perfect cradle, and in it sat…
Adam.
Slowly waking up, Adam smiled- that is, as much as a spider could. He clicked his pincers a few times, as if to announce his wakefulness. His eight eyes opened slowly, taking in his surroundings, and he stretched his eight long legs.
Click… click… He sounded out his area. The familiar echo was comforting, and he snuggled into his silk bed a little more. Sleep seemed to descend easily, like a blanket of comfort. Unfortunately, not a minute later, a great shake nearly threw him off his cobweb.
Adam's eyes flew open. He clung to the strands, chittering in alarm. What had happened? Wildly, he searched around himself…
Eventually, his eight eyes landed on the source of the shaking. A fly-like creature had flown into his web and gotten stuck, and now it thrashed against the stickiness of Adam's silk.
Adam chittered again. His breakfast had arrived! Slowly, gently, he picked his way up the web to the spider, and began to unspool silk. His legs made quick work of wrapping up the struggling insect, and then…
It was time for breakfast. He chattered happily. The fly no longer struggled against its fate.
First, a bite. Then, delight! Afterwards… maybe he'd go hang out with Plundar.
Thanks for reading, friends! I hope you enjoyed the spooky season!