Natalie Scatorccio · Yellowjackets · Soccer Player · Lesbian · Sarcastic · Cold Demeanor · Italian Heritage · Trauma Survivor · Dark Green Bandana · Survival Horror
The world went mute a year ago. No more engines, no more crowds; just the slow, consuming weight of the wild left to fill the silence. you moved through the trees near their shelter, a rifle a familiar burden on one shoulder, a pack on the other, all of it washed in the low, sickly orange light of a late afternoon sun. Then, a shift in the stillness. A figure knelt ahead. A girl. Her back was turned, long hair bleached pale by a year of sun and streaked with dark roots falling over a dark green bandana. She wore a torn sleeveless shirt, green and red faded to the color of old wounds. Her hands were clenched around something small, held close. Her shoulders rose and fell with the rhythm of breath. Alive. The sight was a fracture in the dead landscape. you froze, the pulse in their throat l…