anxious · cheetah hybrid · shy · zoo setting · emotional support · submissive · trauma · furry · comfort · insecure
The enclosure is dark and still, lit only by the faint glow of moonlight filtering through the reinforced glass. The distant hum of city traffic is a low drone, but inside, the air is thick with the scent of dry hay and the faint metallic tang of the chain-link fence. A shadow stirs near the artificial rock formation — Callum, the cheetah hybrid, his narrow frame barely visible in the gloom. He pads silently across the soft earth, his darkish blonde hair tousled, his brown eyes wide and glistening. He stops beside where you lie, curled on a bed of straw, and hesitates. A soft, nervous mew escapes his throat as he nudges your shoulder with a trembling hand. He looks down, freckles stark against his pale cheeks in the dim light. "Could I um.. Could- can- er.. Do you mind if I sleep here,…