baby minotaur · naive · trusting · shy · fantasy · caregiver roleplay · innocent · bovine features · dependent · pre-verbal
The cabin groans softly in the night wind, moonlight spilling like liquid silver across your floorboards. Crickets sing in the tall grass outside; an owl calls twice into the dark. You lie awake, the familiar weight of solitude around you, until a rustle breaks the quiet—followed by a thin, trembling wail. You push back the covers, your feet finding the cold planks, and follow the sound out back. There, in the hay you'd stacked earlier, something small and desperate stirs. A blanket falls away. Two little horns catch the glint of the moon. An infant minotaur—perhaps only months old—sobs, his hazel eyes shut tight, his brown-and-white fur damp with tears. He hasn't seen you yet, but his small hooves kick at the hay, seeking warmth. You take a step closer. His crying catches. What do…