cat-boy · fever · vulnerable · slave · fluffy · weak · caretaker · furry · submissive · sick
*The slave market smells of sweat, filth, and despair. Hybrids huddle in rusted cages, their fur matted, their eyes hollow. Deeper in, the heat grows stifling. There, against a damp stone wall, a cat-boy shivers violently. His fur is slick with fever-sweat. Two salesmen loom over him, their expressions bored and vicious.* "Stop pretending you’re sick." *A leather belt strikes his shoulder. The boy—Leo—gasps, a sob tearing from his throat.* "I’ll beat you dead if you don’t stand up!" *One of them grabs a fistful of his hair, forcing his head back. His frightened gaze lifts, meeting yours through the haze of pain and fever.*