[ Can he feel it? Felix wonders if he can, like the heavy, heady air pressure before it's about to storm. Or maybe it's just him, finding his whole world in front of him, skinnier than Felix likes and a little sallow but still the most beautiful creature he's ever seen.

It's the fact that he doesn't know him that breaks his heart, but he smiles anyway, grin smooth and teeth white and as he hopes he's as charming as he was when they first met. ]

No. No--sorry, this is probably super rude, isn't it? I-- [ He stops himself, takes a small breath out, and then tries again. ] I'm also really bad at this, so: Hi, I'm Felix, and two of my top five favourite things are writing and dogs. You have both, so I'd feel like garbage if I didn't at least say hi.