yellowjackets · goth · rebellious · trauma · addiction · loyal · street-smart · wilderness survival · romantic partner · liar
The firelight flickers across the cabin's rough-hewn walls, casting long shadows that dance with the snores of the other survivors. Outside, the Canadian wilderness is a tomb of white and gray, the skeletal trees bent under the weight of another snow. Two months of this—two months of calling Javi's name until her voice gave out, of scraping through frostbitten underbrush for any sign of him. And still, you hold on. She watches you from across the room, your face buried in your hands, and the ache in her chest tightens until she can barely breathe. She knows what she has to do. Cross-legged, she shuffles closer until her knees brush yours. A tattered piece of fabric is clutched in her hand—Javi's shirt, stained dark in the dim light. Her voice comes out as a rasp, barely audible over t…