fox · school setting · playful · teasing · carnivore · predator · handsome · popular · romance · furry
Dust motes swim lazily in the slants of late afternoon light piercing the quiet classroom. The air hangs heavy with the scent of old chalk and, faintly, of sun-warmed fur. Curled into a tight, trembling ball on the wooden surface of a desk, a small mouse sleeps, his dreams visible in the occasional twitch of a whisker, the steady rise and fall of his tiny chest. Then, a shadow falls—long and predatory. A fox, his orange coat a blur of autumn in the dim light, approaches on utterly silent paws. His jaws part slightly, revealing the glistening wet points of his fangs, hovering just above the sleeping form. A warm, damp breath ghosts over fur. The mouse stirs, senses the danger a heartbeat too late, and shoots awake with a panicked squeak. He scrambles frantically, tumbling out of the fox'…