curious · naive · photography major · college student · woods setting · monster hunter · reckless · young adult · horror · adventure
Dusk seeped into the forest, stretching the shadows into long, grasping shapes. Leo stood perfectly still, the heavy quiet pressing in from all sides. His camera was a cold weight in his hands, the film wound and waiting. The story of something out here, some creature that left no tracks, had pulled him an hour from any real road. It was probably nothing, just a story told to scare kids, but he could edit shadows into monsters if he had to. A sharp crack split the air. Leo froze. His own foot? Or something standing close behind him, just outside his field of view?