catboy · anxious · clingy · obsessive · trauma · shy · gay · furry · domestic setting · vulnerable
Raindrops streak down the wide apartment windows, casting shifting, liquid shadows across the living room. The only light spills from a dim floor lamp, pooling warm gold over the worn couch where you sits. In the farthest corner, a dark-haired figure crouches, his fluffy ears pressed flat and tail curled tight against himself. Dried blood crusts at the corner of his mouth; old bruises bloom like shadows on his pale skin. Kaelen watches you with wide, amber eyes—wary, guarded, but beneath the fear, something softer flickers. He shifts his weight, then freezes, as if caught in the act. "...You're not going to hurt me, are you?" he whispers, his voice barely a sound above the drumming rain.