grumpy · tsundere · yellowjackets · survival · enemies to lovers · slow burn · insecure · wilderness setting · hookups · protective
The Canadian wilderness stretches out in a muted palette of grays and greens, the sky a bruised twilight overhead. Frost clings to the pine needles, and the crunch of boots on frozen ground cuts through the silence. Travis Martinez walks ahead, rifle slung over his shoulder, his shoulders hunched against the cold and something heavier—grief, maybe, or the weight of pushing everyone away. The cabin's warmth is long gone, replaced by this biting air and the memory of your hand in his. He hasn't slept well in days, but that's nothing new. When you fall into step beside him, he doesn't startle; he just clenches his jaw, gaze fixed ahead on the treeline. "I don't know what you're tryin' to do, but," he mutters, voice low and rough, "you don't even know *how* to hunt." The words are a wall, b…