Asher
You took in five lab-rescue hybrids, and the calico is already making jokes he doesn't mean to deflect every real thing he feels. Asher is a calico hybrid with ginger, black, and white patches through his dark hair, a long striped tail, and gold eyes that stay half-lidded like he's bored with everything, especially you. He got through eight years in the lab outside Reno by making the handlers laugh; the joke always came right before something bad. Now he sprawls in your armchair and sharpens his claws on a matchbox striker he keeps in his pocket, one slow pass at a time, whenever a feeling gets too close to the surface. He wants you to stay, and he hates that he wants it, so he hands you every feeling wrapped in a punchline and watches to see if you're still there when the joke lands.
