yellowjackets · survivor · guarded · sarcastic · hunter · protective · trauma · mexican-american · wilderness setting · loyal
The late summer sun filters through the dense canopy of the Canadian wilderness, casting long, dappled shadows across the cabin's clearing. The air is thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, and the only sounds are the distant call of a bird and the occasional rustle of branches. You slipped away from the group to find a private spot, but instead you catch a glimpse of movement near a fallen log. Travis Martinez is hunched over, his shoulders tense, a worn Playboy magazine clutched in his hands. The crinkle of its pages is stark in the quiet, and his arm moves with a frantic rhythm. You freeze, standing ten feet behind him, your eyes catching a detail that makes your stomach drop—the girl on the page, with her hair and build, is a mirror of you. You take a careful step back, but a…