but clarke's entire body goes stiff the moment before impact, eyes jammed shut like enough housing between her brow and the crest of her scrunched cheek will protect from the claws she fully expects to rake open her face. but in the end, it's just the rough pads of cat feet finding purchase on her face. and it's brief, the animal slithering off her back like water.
shock, awe, and the hangover of panic keeps her rooted to the spot and just staring — indignant — at the creature while it grooms itself. however brief it'd reigned, adrenaline settles in her legs like cement and when the feline twines itself through her ankles, she's stock still despite a mild urge to shove it off with her instep beneath its belly. 75% chance? or particularly affectionate shapeshifter?
no, she will virtually never accept it's just a normal cat. )
...okay. You're down. Learn your lesson about climbing creepy decor?
( she is... still speaking to it like a human. a human that just fluster-mortified-infuriated her by jumping onto her head. why is this life on board the serena eterna... )
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but clarke's entire body goes stiff the moment before impact, eyes jammed shut like enough housing between her brow and the crest of her scrunched cheek will protect from the claws she fully expects to rake open her face. but in the end, it's just the rough pads of cat feet finding purchase on her face. and it's brief, the animal slithering off her back like water.
shock, awe, and the hangover of panic keeps her rooted to the spot and just staring — indignant — at the creature while it grooms itself. however brief it'd reigned, adrenaline settles in her legs like cement and when the feline twines itself through her ankles, she's stock still despite a mild urge to shove it off with her instep beneath its belly. 75% chance? or particularly affectionate shapeshifter?
no, she will virtually never accept it's just a normal cat. )
...okay. You're down. Learn your lesson about climbing creepy decor?
( she is... still speaking to it like a human. a human that just fluster-mortified-infuriated her by jumping onto her head. why is this life on board the serena eterna... )