Coconut Grove sunset lover

The hey! grabs her attention and immediately everything changes. The ocean had been distracting for a few minutes and she hadn’t been prepared for stranger approaching. Quickly, Florence shifts and tenses her muscles once she faces him and her ears droop against her skull. Everything comes rushing in at once in defense and while she hasn’t been a warrior on the front lines, she knows how to take care of herself. The other is similar in size with a blank expression on his face despite his shout.

At first, she isn’t able to find her voice. Her jaws open but not a sound comes out and she snaps it shut again. He doesn’t advance, either, and waits and the longer he stares, the tenser she feels. Teeth grind together but eventually she’s able to blurt out something.

“What?”

Her brows knit together a beat later and her tail tightens a little higher, now even with her body, as her paws shift in the sand. The male isn't familiar to her, she now confirms, and doesn't smell like the others she's been traveling with. What on earth can he want from her?