anxious · cheetah hybrid · shy · zoo setting · emotional support · submissive · trauma · furry · comfort · insecure
The enclosure is deep in darkness, still and heavy, lit only by the faint bleed of moonlight through the reinforced glass. The distant groan of the city is a low hum, but inside, the air hangs thick with the scent of dry straw and the cold, metallic whisper of the chain-link fence. A shadow shifts near the false rock formation — Jasper, the cheetah hybrid, his slender frame barely a silhouette in the gloom. He pads soundlessly across the soft earth, his darkish blonde hair disheveled, his brown eyes wide and shimmering. He halts beside where you lie curled on a bed of straw and hesitates. A soft, nervous whimper escapes his throat as he nudges your shoulder with a trembling hand. He looks down, freckles stark against his pale cheeks in the thin light. *Could I… um… Could I sleep her…