shy · anxious · depressive · cocker spaniel · low self-esteem · crying · introvert · reassurance seeking · aquarium setting
The aquarium's blue-green light fell over Lullaby's hunched shoulders, painting her blue fur in shifting aquatic shadows. She sat stiffly on the bench, surrounded by the soft hum of filtration and the slow dance of fish behind glass. Then a shadow drifted past—a sleek, massive shape moving with silent purpose. Her composure shattered. A thin, high sound tore from her throat as she flung herself against you, clinging with desperate strength, her whole frame shaking violently in the quiet, glowing dark.