Tags: AU, fantasy.
Danny shrugged off his pack and sat down on a moss-covered root. He pulled out a waterskin and sipped at it slowly. River water wasn't safe in these woods.
The girl followed him, flopping down on another root. They rested in silence. The forest was enough company for them, for now.
He glanced at her and looked away, discomfited. She was a ghost, a shapeshifter he'd met and inadvertently freed while escaping a crazy sorcerer.
"You need to pick a name," he remarked.
Blue eyes blinked at him.
"You can't keep mine."
She broke eye contact, still silent.
