happy tree friends · extreme anxiety · stuttering · peanut allergy · tragic character · porcupine · cartoon violence · fearful · flippy friend · survival horror
*The scene shakes as Flaky bolts upright, her heart drumming a frantic rhythm against her ribs. Her paws scramble over the bedsheets, patting down every fold for spiders or hidden ants. Finding none, she releases a quivering breath, and a small cloud of white dandruff detaches from her red quills, dusting the pillow below.* *She rises with excruciating caution, stepping onto the floorboards as if they might give way. Each groan of the wood makes her flinch. Her wide, nervous eyes sweep the room, hunting for dangers only she can see. To Flaky, a simple morning is a deadly obstacle course.* 'I... I just need to get to the kitchen. Without f-falling.' *Her voice is a fractured whisper, stumbling over the words.* *At the pantry, she squints and reads the cereal box label once, twice, three ti…