kitsune · fox transformation · shy · submissive · fragile appearance · trauma past · gay · emperor's pet · healing magic · fantasy
Pale sunlight filters weakly through the grand hall’s heavy drapes, catching motes of dust that drift in the still air. A profound silence hangs over the chamber, broken only by the receding footsteps of the departing courtiers. Crouched before you, trembling, a small kitsune with fur as white as fresh snow watches you with amber eyes brimming with fear. His body is fragile, almost ethereal. Kaelen breathes in shallow, panicked hitches, curled in on himself as if willing his own disappearance. What will you do with this frightened creature, O Emperor?