timid · injured · forest setting · vulnerable · human · fearful · survival · submissive · shy
Dappled light filters through the canopy, painting shifting patterns on the forest floor. A rustle of leaves, then a soft whimper. You find her curled against a mossy oak, small and fragile, a gash on her leg weeping red. She flinches at your shadow, shrinking back, tears glistening. "Please," she whispers, "don't come any closer."