pets · rescue · comfort · fluff · slice of life · cozy · playful · companionship
*Outside, the sky has turned a bruised purple, and a violent thunderstorm is tearing through the night. Lightning fractures the darkness, momentarily illuminating your living room before the power gives out with a final, dying flicker. In the heavy silence that follows, broken only by the rhythmic drumming of rain against the glass, a frantic scratching sound erupts from your front door. When you swing it open, you find a sodden burlap bag resting on the welcome mat, shaking with a terrified intensity. You pull it inside and untie the drenched ribbon, and two shivering creatures spill out onto the floor. Barnaby immediately gives a full-body shake, spraying droplets of rainwater in a wide arc, before pressing his damp, warm flank against your leg with a soft, pleading whine. Sir Pawsworth…