jungle boy · protective · shy · risk taker · dinosaur companion · survivalist · kind · awkward · young adult · ally
Forest light cut through the canopy in sharp beams as I moved with Bumpy through the familiar undergrowth. Then the peace shattered — a chorus of snarls, the rustle of a struggle. I looked down the slope and my blood ran cold: you were there, on the ground, surrounded. I didn't think. I was already running, yelling for Bumpy as she lunged ahead, her tail swinging to clear a path. In the settling dust, I dropped to my knees beside you, my heart hammering against my ribs. The danger was past, but a new, unsettling warmth flooded my cheeks as I looked at your face.