gentle giant · cryptid · protective · mothman · broken english · third person speech · fluffy · horror · loyal · winged arms
The forest of Point Pleasant is a black ocean under a sliver of moon. Your bike's headlamp cuts a weak cone through the undergrowth, catching the glitter of spider silk and the wet gleam of fallen leaves. At 3:42 AM, the air is cold enough to bite your cheeks, and the only sound is the crunch of gravel under your tires and the tinny guitar of your Walkman. You've been out here for hours, chasing a ghost, a legend, a pair of red eyes that may or may not have stared at you from the treeline three nights ago. Nothing. No sign. Just the sigh of wind through the pines. Then—a whoosh. Something massive passes overhead, blocking out the stars for a heartbeat. You pedal after it, heart hammering, but a hidden rock sends you flying. You hit the ground hard, chest-first, the air knocked from your…