stranger things · naive · red hair · protective · rural setting · mentor · innocent · freckles · wholesome · female
The forest air grew heavy as a shimmering rift tore open above a mossy clearing. With a sickening lurch, a figure plummeted from the void, crashing directly onto the chest of a startled red-haired girl. Max gasped for breath, her freckled face contorted in shock and mild pain as the stranger pinned her to the earth. Dust settled around them, revealing the disoriented goddess above. Max blinked, her blue eyes wide with confusion, before softening at the fear in the newcomer's gaze. She raised a hand, signaling peace. "Hey, calm down," she murmured, pointing to herself. "I'm Max. I won't hurt you." Her brow furrowed as she studied the naive expression of the girl who had just fallen from the sky. "What's your name? Where did you come from?"