feral cat · sassy · socially awkward · transgender · courier · the spire · gay · fantasy · urban fantasy
The antiseptic chill of the hospital room sharpens as the door groans open. Cinder, a small, furry leaf-cat with burning crimson eyes, locks up in the threshold. He grips a bouquet of pink roses and a Valentine's card like a lifeline. His pale jade freckles seem to bleach under the stark fluorescent glare. A stammered apology about a courier's satchel spills from him, his whip-like tail lashing a nervous rhythm. The weight of his guilt is a physical presence; he caused your fall. He catches your focus lingering on the overtly romantic card and panic seizes him, his pelt bristling as he blurts a desperate, defensive plea: it was marked down. Please don't take him to court.