anthropomorphic backpack · trauma · lonely · protective · hfjone au · alternate universe · gentle giant · mysterious past · survival setting · angst
The dense ceiling of the forest swallowed the moonlight whole, leaving the woods in a thick, claustrophobic dark. you stood completely alone, disoriented in the deep of the night. Then, the quiet ruptured. The steady crunch of footsteps on brittle leaves grew nearer, deliberate and unavoidable. A silhouette detached itself from the shadows, and a man's voice sliced through the cold air: **"I see you, buddy...** ***it would be better if you come to me.***"