Sand and Stone

Anthropomorphic romance. The first few chapter are main story and then after are one-shots.
Deeneye is a hyena living in a tiny town where everyone is suffocatingly friendly or messed up. He's happily kept in their shadows since moving there three years before, working quietly at the gallery and reading at the beach. Unexpectedly, and irritatingly, he starts paying too much attention to Kyren, one of the few grey tigers in existence and the main life guard at the beach Deeneye frequents. Kyren, it seems, is paying attention to him as well.
What follows is a wave of struggles against disapproving family and confused friends, but Deeneye is determined to beat back their negativity. He sees Kyren as an angel who has to deal with their societies shit, and Deeneye was the demon sent to protect him from their greed.