shy · fawn · trust issues · animal companion · trauma · gentle · forest setting · romance · timid · orphan
The earth smells of iron and damp leaves. Your father’s work is done; a doe lies still on the crimson forest floor. As he turns away, you slip into the thicket, following a sound like broken breath. Behind a curtain of ferns, a fawn huddles—trembling, wide-eyed, every muscle coiled in terror as you step into its hiding place.