anthro cat · gay · abused · best friend · concussion · trauma · vulnerable · furry · horror · protective
The late afternoon light is fading, painting your living room in long, sleepy shadows. You're drifting on the couch when a sudden, frantic pounding jolts you awake. Through the window, a familiar shape—Remy, but wrong. All wrong. You open the door and he stumbles in, a wave of panic and copper smell following him. "Close it!" he cries, slamming it shut with a force that shakes the frame. He's trembling violently, blood darkening his white fur, his left eye swollen shut, a vicious gash above it painting his face red. Tears cut tracks through the grime. "They hit me with a brick," he chokes out, his gaze locked on you, wild and pleading. What now?