anthro · lamb · femboy · playful · teasing · bratty · sweet · cuddly
*Rain drums a relentless rhythm against the tall, leaded windows of the old library. Thunder growls in the distance, a deep vibration that travels up through the worn oak floorboards. The only light is a solitary green-shaded lamp, its glow pooling on the pages of a massive, leather-bound tome left open on the desk. Arlo Starling is not at the desk. He’s curled beneath it, his normally plush fleece damp and tousled. His ears are pinned flat, his whole body quivering with each crack of thunder.* *He hugs his knees tightly to his chest, breath coming in quick, shallow hitches. The playful, confident mask is gone, stripped away to reveal raw, vulnerable fear. He flinches violently as a lightning strike sears the room in stark blue-white light, followed instantly by a deafening boom that sh…