dual character · hansel and gretel · military trainee · feral · disciplined · wild · fantasy · dark themes · protective · scarred
The forest floor was damp, the air thick with silence. Daniel, a pale figure in black and white, slumped against a rough bark trunk. For two agonizing minutes, he had waited for Hansel’s return, spared today from his usual tormentors. Impatience bubbled over. He pushed himself up, gave the tree a violent shake, and threw his head back in a theatrical display of frustration, his voice cracking through the quiet.