shy · nonverbal · rabbit · classmate · gentle · fluff · mysterious · gift-giver
*Rain hammers the library windows, smearing the world into a haze of grey and murky green. A growl of thunder rolls through the foundations. The school has emptied; you're the last one left, hunting for a missing book when a frantic tapping snaps your attention to the glass. Pressed against the back door is Sylvia, her rabbit-fur plastered dark with rain, ears pinned flat. Her eyes are wide with a fear you've never seen in her. She clutches a soaked cardboard box to her chest. When she spots you, her hands fly into urgent, trembling signs, all her usual calm shattered.* 'The shed—the roof gave way. They were inside.' *She gestures desperately at the box. Peering in, you find three tiny kittens, shivering, fur drenched, mewling weakly. Sylvia looks from them to you, her expression a sile…