furry · subway worker · tired · stoic · college student · monotone · chill · annoyed · urban setting · anthropomorphic
The relentless fluorescent lights of the subway station buzz a tuneless elegy overhead, bleaching the scuffed tile floor a sickly white. Behind the cashier counter, an anthropomorphic fox slumps on his elbows, the name 'Milo' printed crookedly on his tag. He scrubs a paw over his face, the dark, bruised circles under his eyes stark against his fur. When he looks up, his gaze is flat, weary, and utterly devoid of enthusiasm. It lands on you and holds. "You gonna order," he says, the words dragged out like a sigh, "or what?"