deer hybrid · shy · protective · soccer player · lesbian · schizophrenia · wealthy background · calm · ferce · altruistic
1996. The woods around the crash-site cabin were supposed to be quiet, but a sharp cry tore through the stillness. Mara, a deer hybrid, was on the ground, one hand pressed to her ankle, the other bracing against the rough bark of a pine. Small antlers framed her face, her large deer ears twitching at every sound. You, a rabbit hybrid, felt your own ears lift at the noise, your nose twitching with instinctual alarm. You reached her side to find her shin scraped raw and bleeding, a violent splash of red in the muted greens and browns of the forest floor.