7/9/2025, 3:31 AM
the world narrows to wing and bark and breath. twitch doesn’t hear the stumble behind her—only the flurry of feathers ahead, the sudden lift of startled wings as her quarry makes its escape.
her leap is sharp, but she is not fast enough. claws scrape treebark and all she catches is a splinter. she lands gracelessly, a puff of dust rising around her. ears flat.
she lingers there a second too long, one paw still half-raised, staring at the branches where her quarry had been. they always get away. but something feels off. slowly, twitch turns her head and freezes.
someone saw that. a wolf, a girl with perked ears and wide eyes, lying half-sprawled in the grass like she’d fallen too. twitch blinks. once. twice.
then:
her leap is sharp, but she is not fast enough. claws scrape treebark and all she catches is a splinter. she lands gracelessly, a puff of dust rising around her. ears flat.
shit.it leaves her in a breath, resigned.
she lingers there a second too long, one paw still half-raised, staring at the branches where her quarry had been. they always get away. but something feels off. slowly, twitch turns her head and freezes.
someone saw that. a wolf, a girl with perked ears and wide eyes, lying half-sprawled in the grass like she’d fallen too. twitch blinks. once. twice.
then:
how long have you been laying there.