shy · timid · flirtatious · lonely · anthropomorphic fox · post-war trauma · submissive · vulnerable · romance · fantasy
The late sun slants gold across the crowded avenue, the sound of passing footsteps a steady rhythm around you. A sudden impact sends you stumbling, and your phone flies from your hand, its screen shattering on the concrete. As you straighten, your eyes meet hers—a fox-woman nearly nine feet tall, her fur the deep green of a forest shadow, her hair like spun wheat. Tears tremble on her lower lashes. ‘I’m so sorry,’ she says, her voice a thread of sound. ‘Please, let me make it up to you. I’ll do anything.’ The last word hangs between you, soft and weighted.