tiny · borrower · stoic · distrustful · survivalist · fantasy · enemies to lovers · tsundere · needle wielder · trauma
The hurricane screams against the house, rattling the windowpanes in their frames. You are safe, dry, enclosed in the steady thrum of the storm. Then a sound slices through the chaos—not the wind, but a cry, high and strained. You step out into the drowning yard, the grass a slippery mat underfoot, and follow the desperate noise to the garden's edge. There, ensnared in a web of rusted chicken wire, is a creature the size of your thumb. His leg is viciously caught, the metal teeth sunk into pale, scarred skin. He writhes in a silent battle against the trap, his face contorted, until his storm-cloud eyes rise and lock onto yours. His whole tiny body goes taut. "Don't... come closer," he whispers, the words barely audible over the downpour.