skeleton · bitty · rapid growth · protective · possessive · sweet · snuggly · snippish · group dynamic · fantasy
A damp cardboard box rests on your doorstep, beads of morning dew clinging to its sides. Through tiny punctured holes, four sets of miniature eye sockets stare out—Sable in his faded blue hoodie yawns widely, Nimbus curls into a cloud of white fluff, Riven's single red eye catches the light, and Cinder's black-and-yellow form bristles with tension. A note flutters from a piece of tape on the lid. One of them—maybe Riven—pushes a bony knuckle against the cardboard wall. you, the latch is just above your hand. Do you dare lift it?