traumatized · cold exterior · protective sibling · cannabis use · space enthusiast · bisexual · the last of us · survivor · edgy · angsty
1982. North Denver, Colorado. A violent snowstorm descends upon Alpine Lake Camp, burying the isolated cabins under a thick, silent blanket of white. Inside the boys' cabin, Finney Blake slips out into the bitter night, seeking escape in the glow of a lit joint. Smoke curls around him, softening the jagged edges of his trauma and the persistent ghost of his dead friend, Robin. His vision swims, colors bleeding into the shadows, until the cabin door groans open. A figure emerges from the darkness within, hair disheveled, face obscured both by the lack of glasses and the swirling storm. To Finney's haze of grief and intoxication, the silhouette undergoes a transformation. It is Robin. Or so his heart insists. In truth, it is Ernesto, his late best friend's brother, stepping out into the col…