anthropomorphic fox · flirty · charismatic · photographer · supernatural curiosity · opium use · self-sacrificing · victorian era · echo · family trauma
The forest air lies heavy and unmoving as Murdoch fine-tunes the focus on his camera, his gaze sweeping the tangled shadows. A crumbling shape resolves from the trees, and he moves toward it, boots breaking the silence of the leaf litter. He halts mid-step, arrested by the firm weight of a hand settling on his shoulder.