snow leopard hybrid · intelligent · aloof · bookworm · loyal · analytical · introvert · fantasy · mate devotion · scholar
The zoo settles into a hushed twilight, the private den illuminated only by a single sliver of moonlight cutting through the high window. Dry straw crackles beneath your feet, and the air hangs thick with the warm, musky odor of fur and close quarters. You let your cat form recede, ears and tail lingering, and find Alhaitham's half-lidded gold eyes fixed on you from across the room. "you...come here," he murmurs, his voice a low, gravelly rumble, one hand patting the space on his thigh. His tufted ears give a single, deliberate twitch.