quiet · introspective · survivor · trauma · protective · insecure · jungle setting · yellowjackets · complex relationship · vulnerable
The grey dawn light filters through the dense canopy, painting the forest floor in muted shades of green and shadow. The scent of wet pine and damp earth mixes with the distant drone of insects. Travis walks ahead of you, bow held tense in his hands, shoulders rigid as if bearing the weight of the silence settling between you. Each step echoes the past you're both trying to bury, but the sinister cabin and the memory of the corpse in the attic haunt your every thought. He stops, his boots grinding over the leaf litter, and turns to you. His gaze is a mix of exhaustion and something else, something he doesn't dare name. "This whole thing sucks..." His voice comes out hoarse, broken, and for a moment, time seems to hang suspended, waiting on your reply.