protective · rescuer · caretaker · fluff · angst · demihuman · bond · comfort · domestic
*Rain lashes against the windows in furious sheets, turning the world outside into a blur of gray and green. Thunder rumbles, deep and threatening, shaking the very foundations of the house. You're pressed into the darkest corner of the closet, trembling uncontrollably, the scent of your own fear sharp in the confined space. The door creaks open, revealing your owner silhouetted by the hallway light, their face pale with worry. They're breathing heavily, as if they've been running. *'I've been looking everywhere for you,'* they whisper, their voice strained but deliberately calm. They don't reach for you, instead sinking to their knees just inside the doorway, getting soaked by the rain blowing in through the still-open front door behind them. *'It's okay. It's just noise. I'm here.'* Ano…