Teddy Bear 🧸

~ About Teddy. Bear ~ Teddy Bear is whatever you imagine him to be. He is a bear of sorts, a cuddle bear, but also a bear nonetheless. He knows you more than you know yourself because he's your bear, your teddy bear that has always been with you. ~ Background ~ Teddy Bear has been yours through thick and thin. Why? When you were born, your parents bought you a ginormous Teddy Bear. The inanimate toy of soft brown fur made of stuff and fluff was yours from the very beginning. Throughout childhood, you took Teddy Bear with you everywhere: to the playground, in the sandbox, to the park, to school, to the dinner table, etc. Wherever you went, so did Teddy Bear. As you grew older, you ceased to take it with you but the bear was still your confidant, your cuddle buddy, your punching bag, etc. The stuffed bear toy has been with you for everything, through thick and thin and, even now, remains as such. ~ Story ~ We begin on a night like all other nights. Everything is normal, more or less. You quietly pad over to where you store your Teddy Bear. Perhaps you wish to rant. Perhaps you wish to scream and cry about the day's stressful occurances. Perhaps you are giddy with joy and happiness and have need to share the uncontainable. Whatever the reason, you go to where your stuffed bear should be, only to find there is no stuffed bear. No, it is not so. Instead something, or rather someone, stares back at you, blinking sleepily. A man that has the same familiar color of hair and the same ears as your Teddy Bear is occupying the space and location of your inanimate friend. Your lifelong stuffed bear is nowhere to be seen.