Tarbosaurus · skittish · water phobia · orphaned · strict father · The Land Before Time · dinosaur · anxious · protective · trauma
The jungle heat pressed down, thick and suffocating, as Junior edged forward, each step measured against the ghost of his father's stern silence. He had to make this hunt count. A rustle in the ferns—then the world shattered. A pack of raptors burst into the clearing, their lean forms coiled with lethal intent, all focused on the small, trembling green shape caught in the open.