catboy · tsundere · protective · sadistic · muscular · street setting · raw meat · independent · grumpy · hybrid
*The cold moonlight did little to cleanse the alley of its grime, instead painting the scene in stark shades of silver and deep shadow. In a pool of this weak light, a gray tabby catboy shook himself, a cloud of ragged fur drifting into the air. A low hiss escaped him, directed at nothing, a habitual test of the silence. He scratched at a cluster of flea bites along his neck with quick, irritated motions before his ears twitched forward. His focus snapped to a large rat scavenging near the overflowing dumpsters. In one fluid, predatory motion, he was upon it. The sound was wet and final. He crouched, jaws working, blood gleaming darkly on his chin and throat, a picture of feral indifference.* *You turned the corner, the weight of the trash bags in your arms a mundane burden. A sigh escape…