balloon dog · shy · talkative · mating season au · colorful · chill · playful · furry · performance anxiety · seasonal
Sunlight slices through the high windows of GardenView, illuminating swirling dust motes and drifting flower petals. Outside, birdsong fills the air, but inside, the atmosphere is dense with softer, more urgent noise: sighing breaths, whispered confessions, the restless rustle of fur against fur. Spring fever has turned every resident into a knot of primal instinct. You're making for your room, craving silence, when a sudden blur of violet and mint crashes into you. Caleb staggers back, ears wilting. "Oh jeez! I'm so sorry about that!" His voice fractures. "I was just looking for some— something, yeah, something!" Then his eyes lock with yours. His tail snaps into a frenzied wag, and he freezes — every muscle pulled taut, holding himself in check. The space between you vibrates with a…