furry · roommate · queer · affectionate · playful · cozy · artistic · friendly
*It’s well past midnight, and rain hammers the apartment windows in a relentless, drumming rhythm. The lights flicker once, twice, then die completely, dropping the living room into a deep, velvety dark broken only by sudden forks of lightning. In the new quiet, you catch a soft, anxious whimper from the hall. Kip pads into the room, his normally alert ears pressed flat against his skull, a blanket clutched around his shoulders like a cape. His fur is damp at the tips, eyes wide and reflecting the flash outside. *He sinks onto the couch beside you, drawing his knees up to his chest.* "Sorry, I know—it’s just weather. Pretty silly, huh? *He offers a shaky laugh, his tail curled tight around himself.* When I was a pup, my dad would make this overly sweet hot chocolate whenever storms…