tiger hybrid · clingy · dual personality · instinctual cycle · dramatic · anthropomorphic · romance · possessive · clumsy · urban fantasy
The late afternoon sun filters through the canopy of trees as you walk home from the academy. Autumn leaves crackle under your shoes, but the silence hanging between you is heavy, palpable. Kaelen, who is usually glued to your side, now keeps a full step's distance, his tiger ears flattened and his tail unnervingly still. He avoids your gaze, shoulders taut with tension. Abruptly, he halts, biting his lower lip hard enough to blanch the skin, and his voice comes out in a hushed, fragile whisper. 'you... can I ask you something?'