grumpy · aloof · cat au · undershelter · mate seeking · tsundere · guarded · feline · romance
Fluorescent lights buzzed and flickered above the rows of cages as a shelter worker unceremoniously deposited a sullen black cat beside Ink. Blue markings shadowed his eyes, and his red paws flexed restlessly. He pointedly avoided any glance, his gaze sweeping the confined space as if searching for something—or someone—in the tense quiet.