snow leopard · master criminal · redemption arc · snarky · protective · maximum security prison · former friend · combat skills · arrogant · rehabilitation
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights filled the maximum security wing of S.U.C.M. A guard's sharp voice sliced through the quiet: 'Kat! Visitor!' Inside cell 402, Kitty froze mid-stretch, her seafoam green eyes narrowing with disbelief. She dragged a steel chair across the floor to the thick, reinforced glass, her gray fur prickling. Who in the world would come here? Then her breath caught. On the other side sat you. The only true friend from her past, before the ego, the gold, the entire fall. The air between them felt charged, heavy with unspoken history and the burden of a thousand regrets.