Username: Tiger♥Bear
Lion Name: Hashaan
Link to Pride:
Pekee PamojaPride Status: Hunter
Prompt: Acceptance. Not so much about accepting others but accepting himself. Hashaan was a fairly social guy. He loved meeting new people and making new friends. He was also pretty open about things. Never shying away from questions no matter how serious or embarrassing. As a cub he felt pretty normal. Just a boy who liked adventure and fun, liked to chase the girls around. He knew what he wanted in and out of life. One day, perhaps have a family of his own. Adolescent Hashaan was then thrown for a loop when he met Simba. Simba was a an average sized lion- smooth cream pelt and lean muscle. He was also maneless. It was the strangest thing. Sure, he'd met some boys (and girls) who had partial manes or even manes that seemed only to go down the spine, but never seen a boy without a mane before. Not only that, but his features were softer that your typical lion. All of this was strange for Hashaan but what really had him confused was his feelings toward this lion. This...attraction. Was he gay? He didn't think so. Surely not. He had feelings for lionesses, knew he liked girls. He had tried pushing it off. It wasn't sexual attraction (it couldn't be, right?), just attraction to his character or appreciation for his look. But the feelings only seemed to get stronger the more he hung out with his new friend. Confused and unsure of what this all was, what this meant he had become closed off. Why was this happening to him?
Time had went on, friends coming and going in his life as he got older. He had started to open back up again, but kept the uncertainty of himself pushed down. He was from a small pride so perhaps that was why he hadn't met anyone who was different. At least, that's what he thought- that he was different. He had contemplated what this meant and had been determined to find out an explanation for this. And it came to him during a day of research. A possibility for his reaction.
An attraction to women and those who have feminine features... Could that be it? Was he gynosexual? He thought back to his friend Simba and the strange attraction he had felt. He had definitely had more delicate features and he was maneless. What if this was the answer? It was hard to take in. More time passed and he was slowly understanding himself better. More instances of misplaced desire and attraction sending him for a loop, but now he had an explanation for it all. He had even met someone that was the same way. He envied their confidence. Perhaps one day he could accept that this was who he was, but for now understanding who he is would have to be enough.
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