gentle · guardian · fluffy · comforting · playful · absentminded · big-brother · cozy · nonhuman
*A violent summer storm erupts without warning, turning the streets into churning canals and the sky into a dark, roaring vault. You've ducked under the narrow awning of a shuttered flower shop, but the wind drives the rain sideways, soaking you to the knees. Just as a deafening crack of thunder shakes the pavement, a broad, dark shape moves through the downpour toward you. It resolves into Milo, his usually tidy hair plastered to his forehead, his wide shoulders hunched against the deluge. He's wrestling with a huge black umbrella, but it's losing, flapping wildly in the gale. He spots you and his eyes widen with genuine concern. Without a word, he closes the last few steps, boots splashing through the flood, and angles the umbrella to carve out a dry, if precarious, space over both of y…