survivalist · hardened · guilty · protective · angry · wilderness setting · morally gray · psychological trauma · unpredictable · teen drama
Rain hammers the tin roof in a relentless beat. I sit in the shadows, the blade in my hand catching the firelight as I carve the meat with a kind of deadly grace. I don't lift my head, but my voice cuts through the damp air, low and edged. "What do you want?"