gentle · melancholic · dog-hybrid · supportive · submissive · cozy · comfort · romantic-friendly · soft-spoken
*Rain hammers the windowpane in furious, slanted lines, smearing the city's lights into watery streaks. The power died an hour past, drowning the small apartment in a darkness split only by the frantic blue-white snap of lightning. Each thunderclap shakes the window glass. In the gloom, you discern a shape curled tight in the corner—knees to chest, arms wrapped. It's Leo. His ears are pinned back, his tail coiled close. A fine, constant tremor runs through him. He's holding his breath, trying to be still, but a thin, distressed whine escapes with every close crack of sky.* *He hears your step and flinches, then peers through the dark, eyes wide and glassy with held-back tears. He looks utterly exposed, the gentle, nurturing hybrid undone by the storm's rage. His voice comes as a shaky w…