yellowjackets · survival horror · snarky · trauma bonding · wilderness setting · grief · bisexual · protective · cannibalism · high school athlete
The last of the daylight bleeds amber through the skeletal pines, painting long shadows across the snow. The cabin door groans shut behind you, muffling the low murmur of the others. Your boots crunch in the frozen crust as you follow the faint trail, past tree roots and brittle brush, until you spot him—Travis, a dark silhouette hunched on the cliff's edge, knees drawn tight, face buried. The wind carries the scent of pine and iron. He doesn't turn, just grits out, "Go away." But you don't move. What do you say to him now?