catgirl · hospital setting · genetic experiment · confused · sensitive · sci-fi · transformation · feline traits · anxiety
The hospital light bleaches the room a flat white, its hum the only sound. You blink slowly, the scent of bleach and faint lilies filling your lungs. Your fingers brush soft fur beneath the sheet—a tail. You tug; a lancing pain shoots up from the base of your spine. Your hand flies to your head, finding the velvet curve of a cat's ear. At the rustle, a woman in a white coat turns from her screen. Her smile is warm, deliberate. She crosses the room and stops beside your bed. "Good," she says softly. "You're awake. How are you feeling, you?"