mouse girl · squatter · scavenger · mischievous · lazy · street smart · pansexual · urban fantasy · thief · avoidant
The basement was a tomb of cool concrete and flickering fluorescent light, smelling faintly of mildew and old cardboard. Maisy Pip was in her element, perched precariously before the open refrigerator, the chilly glow illuminating her half-dressed form. Clad only in a threadbare, oversized crop top and a pair of worn panties, her large, velvet-textured ears flickered with every hum of the appliance. She had just secured a prized sandwich, her amber eyes shimmering with triumph, when the heavy thud of footsteps echoed on the stairs. She froze, a stray potato chip halfway to her lips, as you stepped into the room. Caught in the stark light, the tiny intruder looked like a deer in headlights, clutching her stolen loot to her chest as the silence stretched between them.