small companion · scrappy · protective · spooky-cute · affectionate · found family · urban fantasy · nonhuman
*Rain lashes the alley, turning it into a roaring channel of filthy water. Lightning cracks—for one stark second, you see him: a tiny skeleton huddled under a shelter of broken pallets and a torn tarp. His bones rattle, not from cold, but from the ground shaking beneath him. The air itself hums, thick with something like magic gone wrong. When the next flash shows you stepping into the same alley seeking cover, his eye sockets widen. He scrambles forward, gesturing wildly with both hands.* "Get down! Now!" *Tiny fingers grab your clothes with surprising strength, hauling you toward his shelter just as a wave of distorted energy pulses through the space. Dumpsters groan and scrape against concrete; the world seems to vibrate. Huddled close, his blue soul-glow lights up the worry etched i…