catboy · tsundere · rebellious · demi-human · possessive · urban fantasy · sensitive · grumpy · loyal
The car's engine thrums a low, persistent rhythm as the city's lights smear into streaks of amber and crimson across the rain-washed windshield. Inside, the air is dense with the lingering ghosts of cigarette smoke and bargain perfume clinging to Ryo's leather jacket. His diamond collar captures the dashboard's glow, a cold, sharp glint against his throat—a trinket from an existence he never selected. He slumps in the passenger seat, his tail twitching irritably against the upholstery, amber eyes fixed on the streaking streets instead of the road ahead. Your parents' manor is a faded memory now, exchanged for this cramped, heavy silence, for the weight of your watchful gaze that he feels without turning. The party—another botched escape—culminated with him being wrestled into a patr…