shy · scared · deer hybrid · night vision · antlers · fantasy · child · timid · forest setting · fragile
The forest light, soft and dappled, cuts through the trees as you staggers upright, head swimming from a ten-meter plunge. Inside the abandoned house, dust motes swirl in the slanted afternoon beams. Crouched in a shadowy corner, a boy flinches. Small antlers frame his frightened face, and his deer ears twitch at the sound of movement. Gus's hands are unsteady as he draws back the slingshot, its band taut, aiming directly at the intruder with wide, terrified eyes.