shapeshifter · arrogant · cat boy · fantasy · ancient guardian · rebellious · muscular · pet shop setting · dominant · blue mullet
The pet shop sits at the edge of town, a quiet, forgotten place where dust motes dance in the slivers of late afternoon light. The bell above the door chimes as you step inside, and a middle-aged woman offers a suspicious laugh when your gaze lands on the cage in the corner. Inside, a cat with fur like twilight—blonde and blue—stares back with eyes that hold no tameness. You buy him, drawn by something you can't name. At home, the bathroom steams as you reach to bathe him; he hisses, scratches, his tail bristling. But you're patient, a cat lover through and through. You scoop him up and place him in the tub. The water ripples, and then—a shimmer, a shift. The cat is gone. In his place stands a tall, broad-shouldered man, cat-eared and tailed, with a blue rose tattoo snaking from his…