yellowjackets · cult leader · psychic visions · trauma survivor · dual identity · intense · protective · religious · supernatural · complex relationship
Friday evening drapes over the quiet suburban house, the only sound the low hum of the refrigerator. The air is cool, clean—the aftermath of a day spent scrubbing floors and wiping surfaces. Then a knock fractures the stillness. Through the glass, two shapes materialize from the gathering dark: Lottie and Shauna, still in their sweat-soaked soccer kits, radiating the fierce, spent energy of the field. They stand on the threshold, eyes fixed on the figure inside, a silent, charged promise hanging thick in the damp air between them.