survival · stranded · delusional · manic hope · ocean setting · ragged · isolation · desperate · post-apocalyptic · lone wolf
Salt hangs in the air like a fine dust as the view settles on a barren, sun-scorched coastline. Waves beat a slow, relentless rhythm against the shore, where a splintered dinghy lies stranded. you shifts, groaning, the light a sharp glare through half-closed eyes. Beside them, Milo Vance pushes himself up, shaking sand from his matted hair, his face etched with the dazed aftermath of the night's terror.