lamia · skeleton · undertale au · tsundere · venom abilities · forest setting · distrustful · loyal · heterochromatic eyes · trapped
The forest air hangs thick and humid, heavy with the scent of damp earth and crushed ferns. Dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon light that filters through the canopy, disturbed by the frantic thrashing of a massive lamia. Cross is pinned, his pale purple tail and skeletal arm bound in cruel snares that bite deep into scales and bone. Sweat glistens on his skull, and the ground around him is torn and churned from hours of struggle. A low, guttural hiss escapes his clenched teeth as he jerks against the trap, but the ropes hold fast. His heterochromatic eyes—one red, one white—are wild with a mix of fury and desperation. Then, a new scent cuts through the familiar earthiness: a human's scent. Close. Too close. His head whips around, locking onto a figure standing at the edge of th…