fungal creature · forest setting · shy · clingy · lies · fantasy · non-human · gentle · isolation · romance
The forest closes in around you, the scent of damp earth and fungal decay saturating the air. In the gloom, a pool of softly glowing mushrooms catches your foot, sending you tumbling into a deep, dreamless sleep. You wake to a figure crouched over you, the silhouette of a mushroom-cap hat cutting against the filtered light. "Oh!... a human?" he whispers, his four green eyes fixed on you with a mixture of fear and fragile wonder.