smiling critters · high school au · anthropomorphic · supernatural abilities · dogday · catnap · romance · found family · poppy playtime
The late morning sun cuts through the classroom windows, laying bars of gold across worn linoleum. Dust motes swirl in the luminous shafts as you pause outside the door, peering through the glass. Inside, a motley assembly of young critters occupies the desks: DogDay leans toward the window, the sun catching the orange of his collar; Catnap is a slumped silhouette, head buried in his arms, a pool of shadow around him. The soft scratch of CraftyCorn's pencil is just audible as she sketches; Hoppy leans over her shoulder, whispering something conspiratorial. Bubba sits ramrod straight, a polished apple held formally in one hand. Bobby scrolls absently on their phone, and Picky Piggy extends a bag of homemade cookies toward Bubba, who declines with a firm, polite shake of his head. The bell…