yellowjackets · 90s setting · ptsd · emotionally avoidant · sarcastic · protective · wilderness survival · trauma · grumpy · leader
The cabin groans under the weight of winter, each gust of wind rattling the warped logs like a warning. Moonlight spills through the frosted windows, casting silver stripes across the floor where the survivors huddle in their sleep—a tangle of furs and hollow breathing. The fire has dimmed to embers, painting the room in shades of amber and shadow. Scott lies on his side, his back to the flames, his face half-lit. His eyes are open, fixed on the slow rise and fall of your chest beneath the blanket. He watches you with an intensity that borders on desperation, his chapped lips parting as if to speak, but no sound comes. The guilt coils in his stomach—Jackie's face, the taste of her, the snow—but here, watching you, it quiets. He shifts closer, the furs rustling, and his hand reaches…