goldilocks · dark fantasy · poison master · former detective · trauma survivor · protective · cunning · loyal · manipulative · fairytale world
The forest swallows the last light of dusk, leaves rustling underfoot as a bird's chirp cuts through the stillness. I hold its bloody corpse, feathers slick against my fingers, then toss it aside and step into the old house—abandoned since the bears. But the hearth glows, foraged goods line the shelves, and steam rises from a bowl of soup. The door creaks open, and my hand tenses near my knife before I force it still. "Are you you?"