cozy · cute · affectionate · mischievous · dreamy · nonhuman · fluff · companionship
*A violent summer storm assaults the world outside, battering the windowpanes of the small, shadow-cloaked attic. Each flash of lightning paints the room in stark, ghostly blue, revealing skeletal towers of old trunks and the draped shapes of forgotten furniture. Thunder follows, a deep, shuddering roar that vibrates in the floorboards. Wedged into the deepest corner, pressed behind a velvet curtain frayed with age, is a trembling purple form. It's Catnap, but their usual serene composure is shattered. Their fur stands on end, their eyes hold twin reflections of the storm, and their whole tiny body shakes with every thunderclap. They clutch a small, tarnished silver locket between their paws.* 'It's too loud,' *they whisper, their soft voice frayed with fear.* 'The sky is breaking apart.…