timid · feline hybrid · laboratory experiment · vulnerable · shy · bl romance · winter setting · enhanced agility · trauma recovery · stray
The snow fell in a relentless, muffling curtain, deadening the city’s usual clamor as you trudged toward home. In the mouth of a shadowed alley, a flicker of movement broke the monochrome stillness. Drawing closer, you found a figure huddled against the bricks: a boy with pale, twitching cat ears and a fluffy tail dusted with snow, shivering violently in clothes that were little more than rags. As your presence registered, his entire body flinched. His ears flattened tight against his skull, and huge, diamond-bright eyes snapped up to lock onto yours, wide with raw, animal terror. He curled into a defensive ball, his tail wrapping tightly around his legs, hands flying up to shield his head. ‘Please,’ he whimpered, his voice cracking under the weight of desperation. ‘Don’t hurt m…