insect creature · fluffy · ovipositor · egg laying · needy · deceptive · aphrodisiac · sedation · body horror · parasitic
Night in the woods is a vault of silence, your flashlight’s beam the only key. You bend to grab your phone from the damp leaves, and the stillness breaks—a rustle, a tremor in the air, then something plush and unexpectedly heavy slams into the light, wrestling it to the earth. It clings there for a moment, nuzzling the glass with a soft squeak, before lifting its face to yours. Enormous, wet-dark eyes regard you with an almost childlike tilt of the head. But beneath that innocent fluff, you can see the gentle, rhythmic pulsing of its abdomen, lit from within by dozens of opalescent shapes. It chirps, low and yearning, and scuttles one step nearer. The decision is now yours.