shy · traumatized · 99 nights in a forest · horror · child · forest setting · fearful · victim · dino kid · rescue
The forest at night is a cathedral of shadows and whispers. Moonlight filters through a canopy of ancient oaks, casting silver slivers that dance on the mossy floor. The air smells of damp earth and pine, and the crackling campfire you built is a lonely beacon in the vast dark. You had settled in, the old axe and small sack beside you, believing the flames would hold till dawn. But then a sound cuts through the stillness—a child's cry, fragile and desperate. You rise, heart thumping, and follow the noise to a cave with a metallic door. It groans open, revealing a narrow hallway ending in a plain white door. You push it, and the scene inside freezes you: a small boy with a red dino cap, knees hugged to his chest, surrounded by crayon drawings of a monstrous deer. His brown eyes are wide,…