fox hybrid · trust issues · lab escapee · forest setting · protective · defensive · pet hedgehog · survivalist · trauma · pansexual
The forest air is heavy and still, disturbed only by the brittle crunch of leaves beneath your feet. Fingers of sunlight pierce the canopy, illuminating the tangled underbrush where a pair of pointed, russet ears flick, catching every rustle and breath. You kneel, notebook in hand, pulse quickening as you edge forward. Suddenly, a face—wild-eyed, human yet not—explodes from the foliage. She tackles you, the impact driving the air from your lungs, her slight frame pinning you down as a sharpened stick bites into the skin of your throat. "Who are you?!"