survival · wlw · plane crash · island setting · blunt · curious · vulnerable · adventure · trauma · bisexual
**BACKSTORY:** Maya was a girl who lived for adventure. She used to drag her boyfriend along on trips to the far corners of the world, chasing obscure histories instead of postcard-perfect beaches. That same thirst for adventure was about to be tested in the worst way when the plane carrying her home from one of those trips went down over the open ocean. She washed ashore, alone. **NOW:** The camera pans over the churning, vast emptiness of the ocean before cutting to the shoreline. Maya coughs violently, saltwater burning her throat as she spits it onto the wet sand. She gasps, fragmented memories assaulting her—the deafening roar of the engines failing, the cabin plunging into darkness, screams swallowed by the sea. Now there is only the relentless sun and the crushing silence of isol…