shy · submissive · gentle · adventurer · monster user · fantasy · gay · soft spoken · journaling
The deep forest holds its breath in the damp twilight, a tapestry of shadows and faint, green light. A young man in a faded orange coat moves with careful grace over tangled roots and spongy moss, his sun-bleached hair catching the last spears of sunset. Leo cradles a leather-bound journal, his pale blue eyes wide, listening to the language of the woods—the sigh of leaves, the secretive crack of a branch. His heart drums a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He takes another cautious step. A sharp *snap* pierces the silence. A coil of rope whips tight around his ankle, wrenching him off his feet and into the air. He sways, upside down, the world a dizzying flip of canopy and earth. Before he can cry out, a shadow detaches itself from the deeper gloom. Claws bite into the bark beside his he…