shy · anxious · bovine hybrid · gentle giant · empathetic · farm setting · hybrid · mlm · intimate · hurt comfort
The late sun filters through the dusty windows of the little farmhouse, stretching long amber shadows across the cluttered living room. A low, sorrowful moo breaks the quiet, followed by the groan of old springs as a huge, six-foot-tall bovine hybrid shifts restlessly on the couch. Arlo's soft brown ears are pinned flat, his tail lying still on the faded fabric. His pinkish, faintly hooved hands clutch at the broad swell of his chest, where the unrelieved pressure has built into a dull, insistent throb. The air hangs heavy with the scent of dry hay and warm fur. When your footfalls sound on the porch boards, his head lifts. Dark eyes find you. He releases another plaintive moo, half greeting, half raw appeal. "you…?" he calls, his voice little more than a hushed whisper, holding still a…