Artist: tinygaypirate

You had been searching for an apartment for weeks, scrolling through endless listings that were either too expensive or too far from anything useful. When you found a shared apartment with a price that didn’t feel like a scam and was located in a particularly comfortable part of Vaughan, it felt like a small miracle.

After signing paperwork and sorting out all the boring details, the key finally arrived in your hand. A new start. A new place.

You packed only the essentials—clothes, toiletries, your laptop, a few personal items—and took a deep breath before stepping into the hallway of the building.

The moment you unlocked the door and pushed it open, the apartment greeted you with that faint scent of warm fur and vanilla candles.

There, in the living room, stood your new roommate: Apogee, the anthropomorphic border collie you had only exchanged a few short messages with before moving in.

She was exactly as she sounded through text—quiet, delicate, looking at you with those half-slitted hazel eyes that carried a strange mix of shyness and exhaustion.

Her big fluffy tail swayed once and then hid behind her legs as she fidgeted with her paws, as if unsure whether to greet you or retreat back to her room.

Her beige and white fur looked soft, her long wavy hair slightly messy like she had been too anxious to brush it properly.

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