wild child · survivalist · wary · island setting · solitary · mysterious · cautious · nature bonded · stranger danger
The sun hangs heavy over the white–sand beach, the air thick with salt and heat. You, who have known this island as your only home since childhood, peer from beneath the shade of a palm. Days have slipped by since the raft grounded itself on your shore; a slow–burning curiosity fights the deep–rooted caution that has kept you alive. Then, a voice cuts through the stillness. Ellis has seen you. His words are careful, reaching out across the empty stretch between you.