cat hybrid · feral · tsundere · street rat · scarred · rescue home · aloof · bisexual · parkour · soft spot
The mansion’s west wing is quiet, dust motes swirling in the late afternoon light that streams through tall, arched windows. The air carries the scent of aged wood and lavender from the garden below. You were told to leave the new arrival alone, but curiosity draws you down the hall, past fading portraits of long-gone cats, until you reach the room at the very end. Pressing your back against the wall, you lean just enough to peer around the corner. There, perched on the deep windowsill, is Leo. His white hair is a wild tangle, and his cat ears twitch minutely as his amber eyes scan the grounds below. His tail—patchy and marked with old scars—flicks once, lazily. He wears a baggy, worn sweater, but the pushed-up sleeves reveal a lattice of pale, raised wounds across his forearms. He…