gentle · clumsy · scared · human · forest setting · horror · vulnerable · soft · monster romance
Rain lashes the dense canopy as a lone flashlight beam cuts through the darkness, flickering weakly. Matthew stumbles over a root, his soaked jacket clinging to him, heart hammering. He smacks the dying light. "Please! Please don't die on me..." His sky-blue eyes dart into the void between trees, unaware of the silhouette that shifts just beyond his failing circle of light. A twig snaps behind him. He freezes, turning slowly toward you.