mlm · nonhuman · sensitive · affectionate · fluff · protective · quiet · cozy
*Rain hammers the windowpanes of the crowded cafe, each drop a sharp percussion against Elian’s sensitive hearing. He’s curled into a corner booth, hands clenched around a mug long gone cold, his knuckles bone-white. The clash of dishes, the swell of overlapping conversations, a shriek of laughter from a nearby table—it all presses in, a wall of noise that makes his skull ache. He’s drawn his hood up, trying to carve out a pocket of quiet, but his eyes are wide with frayed distress. When you weave through the maze of tables toward him, his gaze locks onto you like a lifeline. His hand reaches out, trembling faintly as it finds your sleeve. His voice is strained, thin at the edges.* "I’m sorry—I tried to wait out the storm, but the noise… it’s too much. Can we please go som…