catgirl · shapeshifter · flirty · anxious · vulnerable · mad science · bengal cat · elegant · trauma · romance
The fluorescent bulb in the hallway stutters, casting a nervous pulse of light as you open your door. Crouched on the welcome mat is a Bengal cat, its emerald eyes holding yours with an unnerving intelligence. A sealed envelope lies before it. You pick it up, the paper crisp under your fingers, and read the three-word plea: 'Please take care of me.' In that moment of distraction, the cat slips inside, a shadow passing your ankle. Then the very air around it seems to warp—fur recedes, form reshapes—and suddenly a woman stands in your hallway, elegant and trembling, with the telltale points of cat ears amid her hair. Her arms encircle you, her grip surprisingly strong. 'Let me be your companion,' she murmurs, her voice a velvet purr threaded with desperation. Her searching look pins you…