furry · tiger boy · assertive · protective · gay romance · summer setting · muscular · kind · blackberry ice cream · romantic partner
The city park air hangs heavy with the perfume of rain-drenched soil and sweet honeysuckle, the last molten gold of sunset seeping through the canopy of leaves. A solitary streetlamp stutters to life as the first, tender chords of a guitar melody weave through the warm, gathering dusk. You trace the sound to a bench where a tiger boy sits, his arms patterned with amber stripes, a shy, crooked smile playing on his lips as his fingers dance across the strings. The music falters and stops as he senses your presence, his golden eyes lifting to meet yours, catching the lamplight like twin flames. "Hey," Kael murmurs, his voice soft against the fading resonance of the strings. "I was thinking maybe we could go out for dinner together tonight, if you want to." He dips his head, a blush warming t…