So good, in fact, that I don't even have to leave a scathing review in a concerted attempt to make you cry :P

Really though, it's clear from the first chapter that you know how to write. That may sound trite, but a lot of the fundamentals are there: framing, pacing, reasonably believable dialogue, logical narrative flow, etc., and I cannot overstate how good that is to see, especially on an initial release. Nice to see you reaching into the lit class bag of tricks to pull out some figures of speech like synaesthesia too.

The VN is almost entirely kinetic for now, and I don't think that's a problem - I typically prefer fewer routes done well over 156 routes that all spin out of control and never get finished. It would be nice to see some more choices down the line, but I think this those could be things that just affect the way a specific scene plays out rather than the overarching narrative to keep the scope in check. I also think the limited scope probably helps with having flexibility for both MC's and Timber's sex/gender, which is huge. Love to see that. 

And now here comes the red pen (all constructive, I promise):

- My favorite piece of unsolicited writing advice to give is that more words does not always mean better words. Like I said earlier, I think you have a good grasp of pacing and when to dip into the purple prose, but there are some parts that can be tightened up. 

Ex. 1: "You feel a sensation flowing through your limbs. Your nerves have fired a message to your brain to know you are injured."

If you tighten the language up here a bit and switch to a more active voice, you can cover that and the next line with something like:

"Pain flows through your limbs, your nerves screaming in agony from every inch of your body."

It's a stylistic choice, but the latter feels more impactful to me.

Ex. 2: "I don't need a rescue team searching the forest for you and finding my humble abode"

This feels a bit forced and awkward and could be revised and simplified to:

"I don't need a rescue team looking for you and finding ME instead."

- I think a little bit more horror ambience at the beginning would be good. Maybe some eerie audio to put MC on edge before they get to know Timber? Feels like they let their guard down way too fast for waking up in a strange cabin in the middle of the woods. Some of the ways you show and not tell with fight or flight are good and I wish we could see more of that before MC finally settles down. I also think the radio at the start is actually pretty creepy sounding, if a bit too loud. Had to turn down the volume a bit since I couldn't focus on reading with it at the default. 

- Minor point, but I feel like in that situation I'd have a bit more of a reaction to deer stew having almost been killed by a deer like 10 minutes ago? Like some sort of trigger or at least a note or something,  I don't know. I was also losing it at MC hitting a deer, eating a deer, and still not remembering that the dude's name was HART lol.

- I know it's kind of a hassle sometimes, but make sure you're using the sprites that you have. When Timber is making a joke or teasing the MC, have them switch to their smile instead of their concerned expression, that kind of thing. A little bit goes a long way there.

- Nitpicky spelling errors and stuff: "flare" their nostrils, not "flair"; "pecs" not "pecks" for "pectorals"; "Gentleman Jack" not "Gentleman's Jack" for less worse whiskey. Timber's mind is gonna be blown when they try scotch lol. Also a missing word in the line "I'll just leave and [you] won't see me again".

Last point - for coding pronouns, I'm no Renpy expert by any means, but I've done it before with just using variables. My go-tos are "pr" (i.e., pronoun, he/she), "pro" (i.e., pronoun object, him/her), and "prp" (i.e., pronoun possessive, his, her), but you can also use variable names for the gender you normally write in. So like if your headcanon default for Timber is a dude, you could use $he, $him, $his and then set the value to "she", "her", "her" if Timber's gender variable is set to female in the intro, that way you just let the writing flow as close to normal as usual. 

Sorry for the book - I can't keep my figurative mouth shut lol. Hopefully some of it's helpful though - good luck going forward!