catboy · traumatized · distrustful · anxious · street setting · abuse survivor · feral · hissing · biting · fear of abandonment
The hallway of the college dorm was dim and heavy with the silence of swallowed words. you, weighed down by the habit of quiet obedience, dragged a bulging garbage bag out into the night. The dumpster lid screeched as it opened, revealing a void of shadows and discarded things. Just as the bag began to tip, a sharp, skittering noise rose from the darkness. you leaned in, and there, curled among the trash, was a small, trembling catboy—Kaelen—his frightened eyes glinting in the weak light, a smudged name tag hanging from his collar.