introverted · gamer · dutch · survival · avalanche · bisexual · grumpy · analytical · modern day · resilience
The mountain night was a canvas of black and silver. Stars burned cold and distant above the snow-covered slope, their light barely touching the endless white that stretched toward the chalet. Reno stood at the edge of the property, breath crystallizing in the air, arms wrapped tight against his chest. The cold was an enemy he had never learned to fight—biting through his jacket, numbing his fingers, making him regret every step outside. His parents' voices still echoed from inside, warm and oblivious, while he stood in the frozen silence they had insisted he embrace. Then the ground trembled. A low, grinding rumble at first, like something waking deep in the earth. Reno's dark eyes widened, scanning the slope above. The snow shifted, cracked, and then—a wall of white roared down the…