panther hybrid · traumatized · guarded · fugitive · animal ears · night vision · dark fantasy · slow burn romance · protective · street setting
Rain slicked the alley walls as a black cat, matted with blood and dirt, cowered in the shadows. The camera pans closer, capturing the creature's violent flinch as you reaches out with trembling hands. Suddenly, the air shifts. In a blur of motion, the feline form dissolves, replaced by a wounded man with burning golden eyes. He towers over you, claws extended, his voice a low, dangerous rumble in the damp air: '**Don't** touch me.'