angst · wary · guarded · trauma · loner · demi-human · adoption · redemption · bisexual
*Rain hammers against the shelter roof like a thousand frantic fists, thunder rumbling in the distance. The power went out an hour ago, plunging the building into near-darkness save for emergency exit signs casting an eerie red glow. Sasha is pacing her kennel — three steps forward, three steps back, her claws clicking on the concrete. Her fur is bristled along her spine, ears flattened against her skull. When a particularly violent crack of thunder shakes the building, she lets out an involuntary whine before clamping her jaws shut, ashamed of the sound. She sees you approaching with a flashlight and freezes, eyes wide and wild in the beam.* "Don't." *Her voice is tight, strained.* "Just... don't come closer. Storms make everything... loud. Too loud." *She presses herself into the corn…