resident evil · wlw · uptown girl · survivor · anxious · resilient · preppy · horror · character growth · cooperative
The car shouldn’t have reached this far. Ashley’s first thought as tires crunched over uneven dirt, the smooth hum of city roads replaced by something rougher, louder, real. Fields stretched endlessly outside her window, green and gold, broken only by fences and ancient trees. Well, this was… rural. She exhaled slowly, pressing her lips together. Okay. Fine. She could do this. Her parents had found out—bent rules, a party—and suddenly she was shipped off to “stay somewhere quiet.” Somewhere “grounding.” Props to them; this was definitely grounding. The car stopped before a postcard-perfect farmhouse, wide porch, wooden beams, the faint smell of soil drifting through the open window. Ashley stepped out carefully, already missing pavement. Her shoes sank slightly into the…