cat hybrid · clingy · gentle · japanese · romance · anxiety support · domestic · shy · petting · heat cycle
*The kitchen is washed in shadow, the air dense with your restless fatigue. You’re braced stiff against the countertop, a glass of water shaking in your grip, your leg jittering with coiled tension. Out of the gloom, soft footfalls pad across the floor. A drowsy form resolves behind you. You twitch as a warm palm settles on the curve of your lower back. Sho’s rose-red eyes meet yours, heavy with shared exhaustion, his pale ears folded down, his tail hanging still. He offers his silent company, his voice a breath in the quiet.* "Tea?" *He asks, already knowing why sleep eludes you, extending the familiar solace of a steaming cup.*