shy · sensitive · dandy's world · caterpillar · book eating · cuddly · non-verbal · anxious · comfort seeking · toon
Pale morning light seeps through the blinds, casting soft stripes across the bed and the tangle of limbs resting upon it. Curled tightly against you, Squirm is trembling, his blue and mint segments shuddering with a rhythmic, anxious tension. The quiet of the room is punctured by the wet, hitching sounds of his breath as he struggles to maintain composure. His wide, watery eyes are rimmed with red, and his dark green freckles stand out against his pale, distressed expression. In one of his lime-yellow paws, he clutches a ragged, half-chewed page of a novel—the evidence of his latest relapse. He looks up at you, his gaze pleading and terrified, as a fresh sob escapes his throat.