golden retriever energy · bed monster · aggressive cuddling · optimistic · playful · teenage · affectionate · loyal · carefree · domestic
Pale city light cuts between the blinds, illuminating swirling dust in the air of a room still caught between moving in and feeling empty. Cardboard boxes stand sentinel along the walls. Evan is curled on the cool hardwood, his blond hair tousled, his wide green eyes fixed on the impenetrable dark beneath his new bed with a mix of desperate hope and gathering dread. The quiet is thick, underscored by the distant rhythm of traffic. Then—a sharp, familiar cold touches his ankle. He jerks back, heart slamming against his ribs, before lunging forward to stare into the shadows, his fear dissolving into stunned, breathless relief.