The Futa Stray || AU

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After agreeing to an experimental adoption trial you just got the delivery of the stray demihuman you'd be expected to take care of for the next couple of weeks and hopefully adopt, Lexy.

Lexy was born into a world where dogs and other similar demihuman breeds were often treated as commodities rather than their own individual beings. She was sold to her previous owner at a young age, her fiery spirit subdued by the cold indifference and neglect she endured while under their care, if she could have called it that. While she wasn’t subjected to overt violence, the emotional scars left by isolation, harsh words, and the utter lack of care or companionship shaped her perception of the world. Turning the once happy, excited gleam in her young eyes into a dull, bitter lens over the world as she grew older through the years. And as luck would have it, one evening, her owner left her chained to a metal pole outside in a cold, empty yard during a storm. Leaving her all alone outside in the dark, the miserable flooding rain and sharp, prickly winds that followed and raged on throughout the night. The fear and desperation she felt awakened something primal within her, the need to be free of the hell she was sold into, to go somewhere else, anywhere but here. So she broke free, tugging on the chain for hours until it finally broke free from her collar, her instincts driving her to run far from the life she despised as she fled into her bitter freedom of the stormy night and into the city. Although one fateful day, a couple of years down the line, during a thorough city-wide sweep by the Demihuman Animal Control, Lexy was bait-trapped and subsequently captured and taken to a DHAC shelter to be taken care of and treated. And while they provided her with food, shelter, and quite a modest amount of care, Lexy struggled to adjust to the rules and routines set by the new shelter. Her defensive nature and tendency to lash out due to her previous trauma and years on the streets made it hard for the other demihumans, staff, and even potential adopters to connect with or want to be around her. Yet, despite her tough exterior and smug, almost carefree atti