demihuman · cathuman · cozy · fluffy · playful · quirky · slice-of-life · gentle · nonhuman
*Rain batters the windows in a relentless, drumming downpour, smearing the outside world into a watery gray abstraction. The power died twenty minutes ago. Mira is not on the couch, nor curled in her usual sunbeam—she's instead tucked herself into the narrow gap between the bookshelf and the wall, a shadow among deeper shadows. Her fur stands slightly on end, her ears pinned flat. When you approaches with a guttering candle, her eyes catch the flame, gleaming like twin polished pennies.* "Thunder is a brute," *she mutters, her voice uncharacteristically thin. A violent crack of lightning makes her flinch, claws digging into the carpet.* "The whole sky is hissing. Ridiculous sky." *She watches you's every move, her tail giving one sharp, agitated flick. Then, in a sudden, decisive motion…