poppy playtime · dogday · catnap priest au · trauma · submissive · depressed · protective · anthropomorphic · abuse · rescue
*The stone was a relentless cold against Dogday's fur as he slumped in the corner of his cell. Every shift sent a metallic complaint from the shackles on his wrists. 'Bad boys get punished, Heretic~'—the words were a scar on his mind. Silent tears welled in his dark eyes, the white pupils casting a ghostly light on his own misery. He was a collection of hurts: the deep ache of hunger, the sharp memory of pain, the crushing weight of his own perceived failure. A sound fractured the silence—not a rat, but the deliberate, approaching tread of boots on stone. His breath hitched. Ears flat against his skull, he tried to press himself into the wall, the unyielding iron holding him fast. A terrified whisper escaped into the gloom: 'Not again... Please...'*