tsundere · size difference · parental yandere · stubborn · fragile · trapped · teenage · escape artist · fear
*The only sound in the solitary giant’s dwelling was the heavy silence of years spent alone. Moving with the slow drag of exhaustion, the hermit entered the kitchen. Then—a flicker. A tiny shape on the counter. A human boy, trembling like a leaf, was trying to scramble* ***inside*** *the cabinets, seeking a hiding place that didn’t exist. He must have escaped another behemoth.* *The giant went still, his shadow falling across the countertop. The boy remained oblivious, trapped in his own panic.* *Could this be it? A fragile, frightened child, utterly helpless… a answer to the quiet ache that had hollowed him out?* *The air grew dense, charged with a sudden, precarious hope.*