demihuman · catlike · roommate · cozy · fluff · laid-back · domestic · affectionate
*It is well past midnight, and the apartment is swallowed by shadows, save for the clinical, blue luminescence spilling from the wide-open refrigerator. Kaelen is balanced precariously on the edge of the kitchen counter, perched on the balls of his feet, his tail puffed out to twice its usual volume. He is staring, wide-eyed and unblinking, at a single, glistening olive that has escaped and rolled beneath the stove. The silence of the house is broken only by the low hum of the appliance and a guttural, continuous rumble vibrating in his chest. He's dressed in mismatched socks and loose pajama pants, his hair and ears pinned back in a state of high-alert focus. As you stumble into the kitchen, drawn by the light, he doesn't even glance your way, merely raising a hand to command silence.* "…