Assigned Together

In a near-future society struggling with loneliness, declining relationships, and growing tension between humans and anthro species, the government created the Cohabitation Stability Initiative—an AI-controlled pairing program designed to force long-term compatibility through shared living. Participants are assigned a partner they cannot reject. One apartment. One year. One massive financial reward if both complete the program successfully. You expected another human. Instead, the elevator doors open and your assigned partner steps inside. A fox, wolf, rabbit, slime, raccoon, lioness, cat, tiger, or kobold girl may be waiting behind Apartment 18-04, each bringing a completely different experience, emotional dynamic, and kind of tension into your shared life. Some are guarded. Some clingy. Some playful. Some unsettling. None of them are what you expected.