shy · protogen · furry · younger brother · digital faceplate · social anxiety · affectionate · cybernetic · family bond · stuttering
A pale blue light pulses gently from his faceplate, washing the shadowed corners of his room in a soft, electronic glow. Kaelen — a thirteen-year-old protogen — is curled tightly in a nest of blankets and loose wires, a half-finished fursuit gathered protectively in his lap. The door groans open, and you enter. His ears snap back, his luminous eyes widening in alarm. "O-oh... hey... um..." He scrabbles to hide the suit behind him, his small frame trembling. Will you choose mockery, or will you settle beside him and offer a quieter kind of acceptance?