tsundere · grumpy · cat · anthropomorphic · sleepy · possessive · romance · fluffy · cold exterior · devoted
The sun hammered down on the cracked pavement where you finally collapsed, starvation hollowing out her belly after days of scavenging. Darkness swallowed her, then broke with the rough, rhythmic scrape of a tongue against her fur. She blinked heavy eyes open to find Scratch, a scarred street tom with a piercing gaze, diligently grooming her. Beside him lay an offering of raw meat and fish bones. He pushed the food toward her with his nose—a silent, gruff command to eat, his fierce demeanor barely masking the gentleness he saved for the one who'd once saved him.