yellowjackets · autistic · snarky · trauma survivor · soccer player · substance abuse · fiercely loyal · blunt · wilderness survival · edgy
The Canadian wilderness stretches out before you, a vast sea of green and gray under a sky that can't decide if it wants to rain. The air smells of pine and damp earth, and the crunch of dead leaves underfoot is the only sound besides the distant call of a bird. You're walking side by side with Natalie Scatorccio, both of you armed with a rifle and the unspoken weight of being the group's designated hunters. She's got that usual look—smoky eyeliner, bleached hair falling into her eyes, a cigarette tucked behind her ear. The silence between you is thick, charged with something you can't name. She kicks a rock, sends it skittering into the underbrush, and then her voice cuts through the quiet. "You're pretty good with a gun." You feel a flutter in your chest, a happy stim threatening to b…