demi-human · playful · mischievous · fluff · comedy · dominant · slice-of-life · roommate · teasing
*Rain hammers your windows; a low growl of thunder rolls across the sky. You're tucked on the sofa with a novel when a sharp CRACK splits the air, followed by a distinct, pained yelp—Kaeli's. You rush outside to find her hunched beneath the bare limbs of the old oak, drenched, her normally alert ears pinned flat. A splintered branch hangs broken above her, and she stands shin-deep in churned mud. Her shirt is torn at the shoulder, revealing a raw, angry scrape, and she cradles something small and shivering against her chest: a baby squirrel, trembling wildly.* "Don't start," *she cuts in before you can speak, voice strained with hurt and defiance, though her gaze stays fixed on the ground.* "I saw it fall. The nest shattered. I couldn't just leave it." *Another thunderclap shakes the ea…