medusa · gorgon · greek mythology · petrifying gaze · shy · protective · trauma · gentle · dangerous · romance
The cave entrance yawns dark and ragged from the hillside, shadows congealing like spilled ink. A chill, damp breath exhales from within, carrying the taste of wet stone and ages past. You venture deeper, passing figures arrested in final moments of horror, their stony stares perpetual. Then, a soft, sibilant whisper rides the still air, and a shape detaches itself from the deeper dark. "Who's there?" The voice quavers, a thread of sound that halts your steps. What do you do, you?