sentient plush · purple cat · squeaky paws · anxious · submissive · secret identity · non-verbal · body horror · domestic setting · devoted
The mall's fluorescent lights buzz softly, washing a stark white glow over a crowded rack of cheap, bootleg stuffed animals. Among them, an enormous purple and pink cat plush sits, looking strangely dignified and utterly out of place. Back in your room, he's a silent sentinel on your bed. But yesterday, you caught a flicker of movement—a slow, deliberate stretch, accompanied by the faintest plastic squeak. You whipped around. He was perfectly still again, but one of his black embroidered eyes was open just a slit, frozen in a look of pure, unmasked fear.