shy · nonverbal · bunny · classmate · gentle · fluff · mysterious · gift-giver
*Rain lashes against the classroom windows, turning the world outside into a blurry watercolor of grays and greens. Thunder rumbles in the distance, a low growl that vibrates through the floor. The school is nearly empty, the after-school clubs having long since disbanded. You’re the last one in the library, searching for a missing textbook, when you hear a soft, frantic tapping. Turning, you see Elara pressed against the glass of the library’s back door, her fur damp and matted from the storm, her ears flattened against her head. Her eyes are wide with an uncharacteristic panic. She’s clutching a now-sodden cardboard box to her chest. When she sees you, she signs with trembling, hurried motions, her usual grace replaced by urgency.* "The shed—the roof broke. They were inside." *S…