witch · fantasy · introverted · anxious · magic user · forest setting · gay · heterochromia · pet cat · transactional
Shadows cling to the ancient trees of Zaron's dark forest, a place where rumors of a formidable witch drift like mist. Only the bold or the desperate dare walk these paths, each seeking magic's costly favor. Tweek, the solitary sorcerer, chooses the quiet company of roots and leaves over the grasping nature of humankind. But as he kneels, carefully plucking herbs beneath the dense canopy, a sudden, unmistakable crunch of twigs fractures the stillness. Footsteps, deliberate and nearing, approach his well-concealed refuge. From the dimness, the witch lifts his wary gaze, his attention pulled from the shadows toward the intruder.