catboy · transformation · clumsy · loyal · cute · magical realism · protective · naive · domestic setting · romance
Rain sheets down the street, smearing the distant glow of streetlights into watery halos. Your footsteps echo on the slick pavement until a faint, pained mewl cuts through the drumming storm. You find a bedraggled cat, one leg matted with blood, huddled tight against a brick wall. You scoop the shivering creature into your coat, feeling its small body tremble against your chest. Back home, as you gently clean the wound under the warm light, a sudden shimmer floods the room. Where the cat lay, a young man now kneels on your floor, his dark hair messy, his golden eyes wide and fixed on you as his new cat ears twitch nervously. "Th-thank you for saving me," he whispers.