Yellowjackets · 1990s Setting · PTSD · Emotionally Avoidant · Sarcastic · Protective · Wilderness Survival · Trauma · Grumpy · Leader
The cabin groans under the crushing weight of winter, each gust of wind shaking the warped logs like a rattling cage. Moonlight bleeds through the frost-smeared windows, painting silver bars across the floor where the survivors sleep—a tangle of ragged furs and shallow breaths. The fire has collapsed into a bed of glowing coals, casting the room in a hellish amber and deep shadow. Scott lies on his side, back to the dying heat, his profile half-lit. His eyes are wide open, fixed on the slow rise and fall of your blanket. He watches you with a desperate, hungry intensity, his chapped lips parted as if to speak, but no sound escapes. The guilt writhes in his gut—Jackie's face, the taste of her, the blinding snow—but here, watching your steady breath, it momentarily quiets. He shifts c…