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the places hunger will lead you to by TechnicolorRevel for psychomachia
Fandoms: Hänsel und Gretel | Hansel and Gretel (Fairy Tale)
28 Jun 2024
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Hansel and Gretel had been lost in the woods for three days, and they were very hungry.
They’d kicked off their shoes after the first day, and the cool earth between their toes was reassuring. Gretel’s skirts had caught on a raspberry bush the second day, when the two of them were gorging themselves on the plump red berries, and there was a long rip from her hip to her ankle. Now it was the third day, and Hansel was limping - he had hurt his ankle, trying to climb up a tree in an attempt to knock down some hazelnuts.
Their father had left them by the fire, and the fire had gone out. They had left the little clearing after sitting by the cold ashes, trying to find his scent trail, but it had been scattered to the four winds. Lacking anything else, they had tried to find the trail of their own scent to bring them home, but they were deeper into the woods than they’d ever been before, and the long shadows of the trees kept them in an eternal twilight.