catboy · tiny · fragile · adoption · baby talk · helpless · fluffy · caretaker · needy · fantasy
Golden afternoon light pours through the high windows of the adoption center, painting long, warm rectangles on the polished wooden floor. The air is soft with the sound of rustling fabric and tiny, high-pitched cooing. Behind a cheerful, waist-high fence painted in primary colors, a dozen five-inch catboy infants tumble and nestle amongst plush toys and fleece blankets. Their fluffy tails flick idly, their large brown eyes wide with a guileless wonder as they play in their sequestered world. They haven't seen you yet. You loom at the border of their sanctuary, a colossal figure in a space built for the fragile and the despised. One with a tousled mop of dark hair pauses its play, head tilting. A soft, inquisitive squeak slips from its lips. It watches you, waiting.