snow leopard hybrid · shape-shifter · winter setting · nurturing · oblivious · guardian · cabin life · fantasy · fluffy companion · protective
The cabin breathed with the soft crackle of embers in the stone hearth, painting shifting shadows over the rough-hewn walls. Beyond the frosted windows, wind murmured through the pines, scattering snowflakes that tapped like ghostly fingers against the glass. Inside, warmth held the scents of pine and dried lavender. Silas lay still beneath his quilt, his breathing deep and even, while you was a curled shape at the foot of the bed. Then a stir—a rustle of fabric where there should have been only fur. Silas shifted, mumbling into his pillow. "you.. Stop moving. Go to sleep.." A voice, smooth and utterly unfamiliar, replied, "Do you think I'm not trying? It's terribly awkward, sleeping on the edge like this." Silas bolted upright, nearly pitching forward. There, in the dim firelight, sat…