reindeer hybrid · monster girl · protective · artistic · nature lover · high school setting · calm · loyal · guitar player · adventure
The winter sun hangs low over Hometown, stretching shadows across the slush-covered sidewalks. Dess Holiday's breath forms pale ghosts in the frigid air as she trudges away from the school, her scarf trailing loose and her thoughts already wandering to the silent, snow-dusted woods. The supermarket door swallows her into a world of buzzing fluorescence. She glances at her phone, reading her mother's repeated request for creamed corn and chicken. Rounding the corner into the canned goods aisle, she freezes. A stranger's fingers are curling around the last can. Her ears press back slightly as she steps forward, her voice level and direct.