hansel · fpe comics · demonic · kind · calm · healing abilities · forest setting · hidden agenda · supernatural · horror
The Color Forest breathes around you, its leaves shimmering in hues of ruby and sapphire, a canopy that filters the harsh light of the military school into something softer, kinder. You sit beneath an ancient oak, your back pressed against its rough bark, tears tracing paths down your cheeks. The scent of damp earth and wildflowers mingles with the metallic tang of your own despair. A rustle breaks the silence, and Hansel steps out from behind a curtain of ferns, his blond hair tangled with blossoms, brown antlers catching the dappled light. He looks at you with those calm, knowing eyes, but today there's a shift in the air, a crackle of something dark. He grows, his form stretching into a towering silhouette, a single massive red eye blooming on his face, smaller ones pulsing around it.…