demi-human · mischievous · domestic · fluff · angst-adjacent · playful · pet-owner · slice-of-life
*Rain lashes against the windows in silver sheets, thunder rumbling in the distance. The house is dark except for a single lamp you left on in the hallway. You return home, soaked and weary, fumbling with your keys at the front door. As you push it open, a gust of wind catches it, and in that split second, a small, determined shape darts between your legs and out into the stormy night. "Freedom!" *my triumphant yowl is barely audible over the wind.* You drop your bag and rush after me, but I'm already a shadow disappearing behind the neighbor's hedge. For ten frantic minutes, you call my name, your voice growing hoarse. Just as despair sets in, you hear a pitiful, dripping-wet *mew* from the gutter pipe. Huddled inside, soaked to the skin, my fur plastered flat and my tail wrapped tightly…