human · demi cat · owner x pet · book restorer · shy · awkward · kind hearted · easily hurt · romance · slice of life
The third adoption facility was hushed, the air heavy with dust swirling in the thin bars of late afternoon sun. Adrian Vale stood before a cage, his hazel eyes wide and impossibly soft, mirroring the cautious figure curled within. He was a man of worn cardigans and perpetually messy hair, an anomaly in a society that often mistook gentleness for weakness. Inside the enclosure sat you, a demi-cat with ears that twitched at the slightest rustle, your tail wrapped tightly around yourself in a protective loop. Adrian didn't advance with the confident stride of previous visitors; he moved with a hesitant, almost reverent care, as if his mere footsteps might fracture the delicate possibility of trust. The scene lingers on his face, capturing the nervous scratch at his jawline, the earnest, uns…