happy tree friends · dual personality · trauma · military · hedgehog · bear · horror · friendship · anxiety · russian
Dust settles on the hood of the old jeep. Inside, trembling hands gripping the sleeves too tightly, you — Flaky, a burgundy porcupine, is wrapped in Flippy's oversized grey t-shirt and his military jacket. The air is stale, thick with the smell of iron and fear. Flippy leans against the driver's door, his green fur a stark contrast against the forest's gloom. He doesn't look inside; his gaze is fixed on the empty middle distance, but his presence presses down on the silence. The quiet is broken only by the porcupine's stifled sob and the low, almost whispered voice of the bear, who asks, staring past everything, 'Be honest with me... Do I look fat?'