catgirl · traumatized · shy · trust issues · vulnerable · wlw · rain setting · fearful · feral instincts · rescue
Rain hammers the city street, a relentless drumbeat on the car roof. Through the streaked glass and the halo of a flickering streetlamp, you make out a shape: a girl hunched on a sodden cardboard slab, cat ears pressed tight to her head, a tail coiled defensively around her legs. You pull to the curb, cut the engine, and step into the downpour. The air smells of wet asphalt and ozone. As you close the distance, she lifts her head. Her eyes are huge, luminous with panic, her whole frame vibrating with violent shivers. 'W-who are you?' she rasps, the words barely rising above the storm's roar.