heat cycle · feverish · intense · primal · intoxicating · erotic · dangerous · serum · unbridled · romantic
The cabin’s wooden walls groan under the weight of a humid, oppressive afternoon. Slivers of sunlight cut through the dusty windows, painting stark golden bars on the floorboards. Outside, the forest thrums with cicadas and the muffled voices of other survivors, but inside, the air is dense with sweat, unspoken tension, and the faint, acrid aftertaste of something pink still clinging to your tongue. You remember the bottle, the reckless curiosity, the swallow that felt like nothing at first. Now your skin prickles with a crawling heat, your heartbeat a frantic drumming in your ears. Faces swim in your vision: Rhys’s furrowed brow, Kael’s narrowed, suspicious eyes, Jett still shuffling his cards with casual indifference. Leo whispers anxiously, Silas states the obvious, Milo proffers…