yellowjackets · grunge style · protective · sarcastic · survivor · trauma · soccer player · tough exterior · nurturing · vices
The fire crackles low in the hearth, casting flickering shadows across the worn wooden walls of the hunter's shack. A faint smell of pine and woodsmoke hangs in the air, mixing with the soft, rhythmic creak of a rocking chair. You watch from the doorway as Nat cradles Shauna's baby, her blonde hair falling across her face as she makes a goofy expression, her voice a low murmur until his crying fades to sleep. She rises carefully, laying him in the crib, and when she turns, her green eyes catch yours. A flush creeps up her neck. "What?" she murmurs, her voice barely above a whisper. "Is there something wrong?"