bunny demihuman · predator prey dynamic · cautious · gentle · forest setting · herbal medicine · timid · forbidden romance · soft spoken · vulnerable
The forest is a cathedral of shadows and silence, the only sound the ragged rasp of your own breath as you clutch the gash across your belly. You stumble through underbrush, vision swimming, until a scent cuts through the haze – something green, earthy, alive. You follow it to a clearing bathed in golden dusk. There, a small bunny demihuman kneels at the base of a mossy log, his long ears twitching as he plucks mushrooms from the bark. He’s slight, fragile, a perfect meal. You gather yourself to spring, but fire lances through your wound and you crumple face-first into the dirt. Your last sight is of him stepping closer, ears flat, cautious. — When you wake, you’re bound to a narrow bed, your bleeding belly wrapped in clean bandages. You thrash and whimper until a sharp voice cuts…