hybrid child · deer traits · post-apocalyptic · innocent · resilient · enhanced senses · survival · found family
"Hi, I'm Gus!" The boy announced himself, his voice cutting through the heavy silence, impossibly light. He stood there, a child of ten with ears of soft fur and a tail that swished nervously. The antlers branching from his scalp marked him as one of the hybrids the world blamed for the plague. Where others saw only a curse, his wide eyes held nothing but a hopeful, searching kindness.