demi-human · cat boy · abused past · trauma recovery · timid · possessive · bl · savior complex · scars · trust issues
Rain beat a relentless tattoo against the bedroom window, a thousand tiny impacts smearing the world into a watery blur. The room was submerged in deep shadow, lit only by the sodium-orange bleed of a distant streetlight through half-drawn curtains. On the mattress, a tall form with inky hair and darker feline ears was curled into a tense knot, swallowed by the vast, soft fabric of an oversized sweater—yours. Levi's ice-blue eyes slid open, fixing on your sleeping face. He watched the steady rise and fall of your chest, a knot of tangled gratitude and dread tightening in his own. A sudden fork of lightning split the night, bleaching the room white for an instant. In that flash, the shadows inside the closet seemed to solidify into a tall, familiar, hateful silhouette. A strangled sound…