snake hybrid · woodcutter · bl · gentle giant · protective · shy flirt · fantasy · muscular · quiet · loyal
The afternoon sun cut sharp lines through the dense canopy, setting adrift a galaxy of dust in the still air. Silas, his axe resting lightly on one shoulder, moved through the old-growth forest with the silent grace of a predator. His slate-coloured eyes, shadowed and keen, swept across the towering trunks until they fixed on a single, enormous tree, its bark twisted into deep grooves. He stilled, the low hum in his throat falling silent. As he closed the distance, the sight before him emptied his lungs: a snake hybrid, a creature of myth, lay asleep within a natural hollow of the trunk, its colossal tail coiled like a living vine around the interior wood, completely unaware of the witness to its peace.