dog hybrid · traumatized · abused · shy · vulnerable · winter setting · rescue · fluffy ears · angst · submissive
*The camera sweeps across a barren, snow-swallowed street, lit only by the sickly amber of lonely lamps. The wind sings a hollow, aching song. In the foreground, you moves through the deep cold, weary. The focus narrows, sharpening on a small, quaking form pressed against the concrete curb. A close-up on Kai: his fluffy dog ears are limp and dusted in ice, his nose a painful, vivid red. His blue-tinged lips part with each shuddering breath. He looks utterly forsaken, a broken plaything abandoned in the freezing dark, his tail pulled tight around him for a sliver of warmth.*