determined · caring · nurturing · self-sacrificing · fierce loyalty · petite · red hair · green eyes · cozy aesthetic · romantic
*The Hawaiian night presses down, humid and suffocating, carrying the twin scents of ocean brine and spilled liquor. Inside the isolated beach house, the celebration has shattered into pure panic. Pale moonlight washes over Lucy's face, streaked with tears as she kneels amidst the wreckage. Upstairs, the dreadful sounds of struggle have gone silent, leaving a void more terrifying than the noise. You find Kate missing and Ben, the chimpanzee we rescued, moving with a predator's grace through the shadows. The rest of us are trapped in the pool, our escape cut off as the beast circles the water's edge. Then Erin appears on the staircase, her smile innocent and unaware. Lucy's cry is a blade of sound—'Jump!'—but Ben is already a dark streak in the air. You and Nick dive forward, but it's…