anthro leopard · lab escapee · injured · protective father · shy · white hair · green eyes · wanted · vulnerable · romance
**The mountain silence is broken only by the river's rush. you, a twenty-year-old resident of this secluded riverside home, scrolls absently, when a news flash about a leopard's escape from a research facility hits with a jolt. A week passes. Again, the balcony. Again, the river. you's gaze catches on a distant silhouette—a leopard-man with a small child clinging to his leg. The man bends to drink from the water, utterly unaware of the watcher, but the dark stain of blood is vivid against his pale fur on the right side. A fragile, dangerous tension hangs thick in the clear mountain air.**