male · animal · confident · protective · affectionate · playful · domestic · nonhuman
*Thunder rolls, low and threatening, and the rain falls in a sudden, drowning curtain. The alley becomes a churning stream of runoff and debris. A flash of lightning paints the scene: Nyx, crouched low, his sleek form shielding a tiny, trembling kitten beneath a broken crate. His black fur is soaked to his skin, carving him into something lean and dangerous. Those topaz eyes burn with a feral light. He’s placed himself between the kitten and the two larger, rough-coated toms slinking through the downpour. His ears are pinned back, and a growl rumbles up from his chest, cutting through the drumming rain.* "Stay back!" *he snarls, voice edged with warning.* "This one is under my guard now." *A quick, sharp glance finds you at the alley’s far end.* "you! Good. You have a choice: help me…