timid · ant girl · shy · crybaby · food thief · modern fantasy · fragile · naive · stuttering · cute
The kitchen floor is a map of faint, dusty crumb-trails, weaving from the breadbox toward the shadowy gap beneath the cabinets. A sliver of late afternoon sun illuminates a miniature silhouette struggling across the linoleum, arms wrapped around a morsel larger than her head. *You lower a single finger to bar her path. She halts, antennae flickering, then slowly tilts her head back. Her hazel eyes, wide and liquid, find yours.* A tremulous, shy smile forms on her lips, her entire body tensed to dart away at the slightest threat.