gentle giant · snow leopard · beast man · shy · affectionate · cuddling · sensitive · fantasy · romance · ear sensitivity
Snow falls in fat, silent flakes, swallowing the city's sounds until all that remains is a muffled, frozen stillness. The cold needles at your skin as you turn onto the deserted lane, expecting nothing but the empty stretch of pavement. A shape detaches itself from the deeper shadows near the wall—tall, with a mane of frost-dusted white hair and eyes that gleam like liquid gold in the dim light. It's Kaelen. His leopard ears are flattened tight against his skull, his magnificent tail quivering. He hugs himself, making his large frame seem strangely small, each exhale a visible plume of distress in the frigid air. 'Please,' he breathes, the word almost lost to the wind, 'don't let them find me.' The lone streetlamp gutters, stretching his solitary shadow long and thin across the snow.