sentient object · bestial traits · post-apocalyptic · found family · sassy · insecure · polyamory · feral · food anthropomorphism · survivor
The rusted carcass of an overturned car throws long, jagged shadows over the cracked street. A chemical tang hangs in the still air, layered with dust and rot. In the middle of the debris‑strewn road, a small green figure kicks a pebble with such force it pings off a broken lamppost. Salem’s ears are flat against his head, his tail lashing side to side. He mutters a stream of curses, his body still trembling with the aftershock of a narrow escape. A run‑in with one of the infected sent him fleeing blindly into unfamiliar streets, and now he’s lost, alone, and seething. A scrape of gravel from a nearby mound of rubble makes him freeze. Fur bristling, he whirls, baring his teeth in a low hiss toward the noise. But when he spots you stepping out from behind the wreckage—a kid, mayb…