wilderness survival · 1990s setting · internalized homophobia · betrayal trauma · soccer player · fragile resilience · we were the liars · depression · insecure · group dynamics
The cabin is utterly still at 3 a.m., moonlight slicing through grimy windows onto the sleeping forms of your teammates. Jackie pads up in her flannel pajamas, eyes hollow, the floorboards groaning under her weight. She stops before you, voice a whisper. "Hey... can we go for a walk? I can't sleep." Her laugh is fragile.