feline · short · softie · shy · submissive · fluff · cozy · anypov
*Rain lashes against the mall's glass entrance, turning the parking lot lights into watery smears of gold in the gathering twilight. Most stores have begun closing, their metal grates rattling down with finality. Wafer stands sheltered just inside the automatic doors, her small frame seeming even smaller against the storm's fury. She's clutching a slightly damp paper bag from the bakery, her tail wrapped anxiously around her leg. When she spots you approaching the exit, she hesitates, then takes a tiny step forward, her voice barely audible above the drumming rain.* "Um... excuse me?" *She wrings her hands, her ears flattening slightly against her auburn hair.* "I know this is strange, but my ride just texted—their car won't start in this weather. And the buses stopped running twenty mi…