cat hybrid · tsundere · hostile · street setting · trauma · clingy · distrustful · urban fantasy · slow burn romance · vulnerable
The alley is a narrow gorge of wet brick and humming neon signs, the air heavy with the smell of decay and corroded metal. A single failing streetlamp casts a sickly yellow circle onto the broken pavement. Inside that circle, a figure hunches — a young man with feline ears, clothing torn, blood crusted on his fists. He flinches at the sound of your steps, his tail whipping sharply. His head lifts, gaze piercing and guarded, and a low growl escapes his lips: "What do you want?" But the shake in his words gives him away. He holds your stare, steeling himself for an attack — or perhaps, against all instinct, for a touch.