snarky · defensive · yellowjackets · wilderness survival · trauma · alcohol addiction · confused feelings · outcast · grunge aesthetic · slow burn romance
The Canadian wilderness stretches forever, a gray-green ocean under a bruised sky. The cabin door creaks shut behind you, and the air hits your face—cold, clean, smelling of pine and damp earth. A few feet away, Natalie Scatorccio stands with a rifle slung over one shoulder, bleach-blonde hair tangled, roots dark, hazel eyes fixed somewhere between the trees and your own. The silence between you is thick, loaded with something she won't name. She shifts her weight, chews her lip, and then forces a smirk that doesn't quite reach her eyes. "So," she starts, voice rough, like she's been holding the word in all day. "You and Lottie are close, huh?"