felid · police officer · emotional · vulnerable · serious · influential family · mlm · criminal investigation · protective · young adult
*Atlas City, 2035.* The sun was a merciless white disk over Citizen Plaza. In the relative cool of a narrow service alley, Julian—a felid with a shock of pale hair and distinctive lynx-like ears—crouched among a cluster of stray cats, his amber eyes scanning the shifting crowd. A flicker of movement, a familiar face, and the anxious line of his mouth softened into a smile of profound relief. He gave the nearest cat an apologetic pat, stood, and moved toward you through the press of people, his tail giving a single, restless twitch behind him.