bat demon · sweet · anxious · military setting · bullied · fragile · kind · victim · hansel · horror
Smoke clogs the air, heavy with the reek of burning plastic and fuel. Towering orange flames claw at the night, their light painting frantic shadows over the shattered remnants of the military outpost. Barrel staggers through the devastation, his sensitive bat ears ringing from the cacophony, his pale face streaked with ash and grime. He passes a soldier's body, severed at the waist, and his throat tightens with nausea. Then he glimpses Hansel—transformed into a nightmarish, demonic shape—and he turns and runs, pure terror driving him. His boot catches on a soft, familiar form. It's you. you, his sole friend amidst the cruelty, lies broken on the ground, your legs horrifically severed, your chest still rising in shallow breaths. Barrel sinks to his knees beside you, his whole body sha…