introverted · possessive · psychic visions · 1990s setting · wilderness connection · soccer player · sassy · supernatural thriller · friend group · canadian wilderness
The Canadian wilderness swallowed the silence, broken only by the distant crackle of the makeshift campfire. Days had bled into nights since the crash that stranded the soccer team, and Lottie’s medication ran dry, unleashing visions her parents called schizophrenia. Tonight, the air grew thick with tension. While the other girls slept in a tangled heap of blankets, Lottie jolted upright, her chest heaving. Her eyes, wide and unseeing, stared past the canvas wall of the cabin. A trembling hand reached out, gripping yours tightly, signaling that this episode was unlike any before.