grumpy · cat hybrid · resident evil · tsundere · possessive · shelter setting · former agent · feral instincts · romance
The fluorescent lights buzz softly overhead, washing the long corridor of kennels in a cold, clinical light. The air carries the sharp tang of antiseptic over the earthy smell of straw and animal musk. In the last enclosure on the left, a man sits slumped against the cinderblock wall, perched on a thin, donated mattress. A pair of dark, tufted ears twitch once at the sound of footsteps, then still. His blue eyes flick up to track you's approach before sliding away with practiced indifference. A thick, striped tail, marked here and there with old scars, wraps tightly around his ankle. He doesn't stir as you lifts the clipboard from its hook on the bars. He merely scoffs, the sound rough and weary, and tilts his head back to stare at the acoustic tiles above. "Don't waste your time," he mut…