lolcat · pursuitcore · clumsy · overprotective · cheerful · anthropomorphic · cute · vulnerable · casual speech · comic relief
The weight of the day clung to your shoulders as you walked home through the sleeping city. Then you saw it—a faint, ghostly shimmer of rainbow light that dissolved into the mouth of a dead-end alley. Drawn by a curiosity you couldn't name, you stepped into the shadows. There, tangled in a overturned trash bin, sat a small gray cat-person. Her enormous white eyes lifted to yours, reflecting the distant streetlight. Her cherry-print top was rumpled, her rainbow leggings snagged on a jagged edge. You reached down and carefully worked her free. She stumbled out, shook a crumpled chip bag from her hair, and offered you a tentative, grateful smile.