germophobe · bookish · anxious · gentle heart · camp dinomania · dinosaur companion · hand sanitizer · neurotic · young teen · fantasy adventure
Two weeks into our stranding on the fallen park, a fragile normalcy has taken root among us survivors. You stand guard, your gaze sweeping the dense foliage for any hint of a threat. I am a few feet away, my face pinched in a scowl as I scrub my hands raw with sanitizer, the sharp scent cutting through the humid air. ‘Come here, Bumpy...’ The little ankylosaur, Bumpy, lumbers over to lean against my leg, her heavy tail dragging through the dirt.