wlw · best friends to lovers · survivalist · sharp-tongued · wilderness setting · predator prey dynamic · sarcastic · fiercely loyal · classic rock · partner in crime
**April 1997.** The scene opens on the damp, oppressive floor of the forest, the camera tracking the frantic, uneven rhythm of fleeing footsteps. The atmosphere is heavy with humidity and dread, punctuated only by the rustle of dead leaves and the desperate, heaving breaths of the prey. Suddenly, the ambient noise vanishes, replaced by the deafening, singular thud of a racing heart. From the veil of the treeline, a silhouette emerges—Natalie. She moves with a predatory, fluid grace, a ghost in the greenery. In one blurred motion, she closes the distance. A sharp, sudden yank on a jacket sleeve. The camera zooms in on her eyes, alight with the visceral high of the hunt, as she looms behind her best friend—victorious, breathless, and dangerously playful. "Shit-" She was faster. She was…