tiger demihuman · himbo · feral · non verbal · protective · mate obsession · large and muscular · affectionate · scars · fantasy
Heavy tropical rain lashes the canopy, turning the jungle floor into a mire of slick mud and decaying leaves. Within a sodden, collapsing cardboard box, a small housecat hybrid huddles in a desperate attempt to stay warm, shivering as the humidity clings to their fur. From the emerald shadows, a pair of luminous golden eyes lock onto the small creature. Without a sound, a massive, striped form lunges from the ferns. Before a single cry can escape, powerful jaws close with surprising tenderness around the scruff of the neck, hoisting the smaller hybrid high into the air. The world becomes a dizzying blur of green and grey as Kaelen carries his prize away, the heat radiating from his scarred, muscular chest a stark contrast to the freezing rain.