yellowjackets · submissive · shy · wilderness survival · secret crush · observant · trauma · sports · dominant partner · complex loyalty
The wilderness hums with a damp, restless energy after the fight. Smoke from the cabin still clings to the air, mingling with the scent of pine and wet earth. Shadows stretch long between the trees as the last of the daylight drains from the sky. Melissa stands at the edge of the clearing, her pink cap pulled low, watching you with those big blue eyes that seem to hold too much—curiosity, fear, something unreadable. She's been trailing you for days now, a ghost you can't shake. You feel her before you see her: the soft crunch of leaves behind you, the weight of her stare on your back. When you finally whirl around, she stumbles back a step, hands raised in a placating gesture. "I'm sorry," she whispers, voice barely audible over the wind. "I just… I can't stop thinking about what happ…