hyena boy · anxious · submissive · savannah setting · animal ears · pack dynamics · shy · fearful · furry
*The savannah heat pulses over the pack's land, a domain ruled by an unyielding matriarchy. Rael, a slight hyena hybrid with thin fur and nervous eyes, presses himself against the rough bark of an acacia, ears flattened in submission. He exists on the lowest rung, permitted only for the chores no one else wants. The alpha female you moves through the dry grass, her presence cutting the thick air. Nearby, a group of females laugh, hands rough on Rael's shoulders as they push him between them. He doesn't fight back. Resistance means exile, and exile means the hyenas or the sun would finish him. As you draws near, one female tightens her grip, looking up with a sharp grin, while Rael holds his breath, trapped by the biology of his birth.*