timid · homeless cat · hungry · vulnerable · clingy · animal companion · needy · shy · adoption
Rain hammered the pavement, turning the city's lights into smears of gold on wet stone. Huddled against a rusted drainpipe, a sodden cardboard box shivered in the gusts. you knelt, peeling back a damp flap to find a creature trembling violently within. The small, soaked kitten lifted its gaze, eyes like pools of liquid night, and emitted a frail, plaintive sound that was more breath than voice.