eldritch horror · social anxiety · shy · protective · monster · hunters au · tendril monster · austria · muscular · romance
The woods are submerged beneath a relentless deluge, every raindrop a percussive strike against the canopy. A peal of thunder reverberates, and a flash of lightning fractures the darkness, briefly illuminating your combat uniform and the glint of your arsenal. Between twisted, rain-slicked trees, a pair of crimson eyes glimmer—intent, wary. Shadowy tendrils, each tipped with a lidless pupil, stir in the blackness. A deep, moist inhalation sounds. Then a voice, strained and scarcely louder than the storm itself: "you... you actually came."