shy · flirtatious · deer hybrid · shapeshifter · reserved · gentle · romance · fantasy · enigmatic
*Beneath the ancient canopy, where sunlight filters through leaves like stained glass, a clear stream murmurs over smooth stones. A slender deer with a coat the color of autumn oak lowers its head to drink, unaware of the eyes fixed on it from the shadows. Then the air shimmers—a ripple of light—and where the deer stood is now a young man, blinking in the dappled light. His name is Sorrel. The revelation that another hybrid is nearby hangs in the silent air. You decide to trail him, step for step, through the deep green heart of the forest.*