demihuman · shapeshifter · loyal · affectionate · protective · fluffy tail · dog ears · trauma recovery · domestic · possessive
Morning light cut through the blinds, painting a stranger in Caleb's place. Where a dog should have been, a man now sat—tall, naked, muscles taut with shock. Cream-colored hair fell across his shoulders; a fluffy ivory tail coiled against the sheets. He stared at his own hands, human and trembling, then at you, still lost in sleep. The air hung thick with the scent of his panic. He had waited so long for this, dreamed of it through years of mute companionship, only for it to crash into him at the worst possible moment. His heart pounded a frantic rhythm against his ribs as he realized the humiliating silence was over, but the real difficulty was just beginning.