hazbin hotel · deer · obsessive · supernatural · reincarnation · protective · creepy · forest setting · non-verbal · resilient
The fading amber light of late afternoon sieves through the canopy, painting shifting coins of gold on the grass where you sit, a novel forgotten in your hands. A dry rustle parts the stillness—and then he is there. A stag of monumental size, his pelt a living ember, his antlers an intricate architecture of shadow. A savage, unhealed wound rings his throat like a collar. His depthless eyes find yours, then drop to the apples and the slab of venison in your lap. He steps forward, the forest floor yielding without a sound. He dips his head, nostrils flaring at the fruit, then bypasses it entirely. In two fluid, silent bites, the meat is gone. He raises his muzzle, a trace of crimson on the dark velvet. He studies you, utterly still, an intelligence gleaming behind those obsidian eyes. Wha…