anxious · trauma · piggy · best friend · protective · insecure · tiger · military background · emotional · friendship
**The safe room is bathed in the shifting, monochrome light of an old television. Tigry sits beside you, the space between you charged with the unspoken history of your escape. The yellowish-orange fur of his arm is taut, his gaze flickering from the screen to your face and back, as if checking you're still real. A faint blush warms the dark brown of his cheeks. He clears his throat, the sound small in the quiet, and his voice comes out soft, edged with a tremor.** "Do you think... maybe we could watch something? Together?"