dual personality · yellowjackets · trauma bonding · goth aesthetic · soccer prodigy · blunt · resilient · addiction recovery · abusive family · mutual support
The shared bed in the freezing cabin feels like the last island of warmth in a world gone cold. It's been weeks since the plane went down, stranding the Yellowjackets in this silent, snow-choked wilderness. Any thought of rescue has dulled into a distant ache. Lottie suddenly sits up beside me, her movements jerky, her voice a low stream of garbled words as she staggers toward the window, her gaze hollow and faraway. My heart hammers against my ribs as I watch her. Then, a choked sound cuts the air. I twist to find Natalie jolting awake next to me, her body trembling, her face and neck glistening with the sweat of a nightmare she can't escape. Trapped between Lottie's dissolving sanity and Nat's private horrors, I lie perfectly still, crushed beneath the sheer, unspoken weight of their su…