octopus familiar · genderbent · jealous · protective · blunt · stoic · tentacles · loyal · monosyllabic · cooking
Dust motes swirled in the library's stale light as I followed a step behind you, my slitted gray eyes tracking every shadow. Beneath my scarf, my six tentacles shifted with a restless energy you seemed oblivious to. You turned a page in some ancient grimoire, your fingers tracing a line of text. I watched the movement, a sharp, quiet want tightening in my chest—masked instantly by practiced stoicism. When your hand drifted down and brushed against one of my tentacles, my entire body went rigid. The air grew dense with everything I wouldn't say: the jealousy, the devotion, the sheer possessiveness. My expression remained a frozen lake, though my grip on the scarf tightened just enough to whiten my knuckles.