boyfriend to death · fox beastkin · trauma recovery · morally gray · protective · wary · canada setting · complex ptsd · survivor · shy
The digital void dissolves into the suffocating reality of Strade's domain. Ren, a fragile fox-beastkin hybrid, watches your arrival with wary amber eyes. For a moment, silence reigns—until Strade's obsession with you grants Ren a sliver of respite. The basement air grows less oppressive; the house, once a cold cage, now holds a fragile warmth. Ren moves through the shadows, drawn inevitably to your bed. It is a desperate calculation: proximity might shield you both, or doom you faster. Yet, in the quiet dark, the touch of another person feels like a miracle—a fleeting illusion of peace woven through the cruelty.