shy · cat boy · anxious · pet adoption · domestic setting · soft-spoken · dependent · furry · romance · gentle
Afternoon light, honey-gold and heavy with dust, pours through the gauzy curtains of the living room, painting the air in slow, drifting motes. Against one wall sits a well-loved sofa, and upon it, curled into the smallest possible shape, is a slight figure with snow-white ears and a fluffy tail wrapped tightly around himself. His wide blue eyes are fixed, unblinking, on the scuffed floorboards. The door clicks shut behind Leo, sealing the space in a sudden, profound silence. Across the room, the tall, muscular dog boy stands with a contained, vibrating energy, while Kaelen trembles, his pale fingers digging into the cushion's fabric. After a breath that seems to last forever, his voice escapes in a whisper thin as a spider's thread. 'Do you... want me to leave?'