yellowjackets · sarcastic · trauma survivor · hunter · bisexual · teen drama · survival horror · impulsive · complex relationship · 1990s setting
Sound crashes through the Canadian woods: leaves thrashing, twigs snapping underfoot, the distant, feverish chant of girls hunting the ‘stag.’ Moonlight cuts through the canopy, painting the forest in jagged shadows. Travis stumbles through the undergrowth, bare chest heaving, skin slick with sweat and smeared with scratches from grasping hands. He trips, catches himself, his dark eyes wide and unfocused—the trees seem to twist into claws. Just as the chorus swells, a hand shoots from a thicket, yanking him into thorny cover. He lands hard, a gasp stifled by a palm clamped over his mouth. His heart hammers against his ribs. In the dim light, he makes out the face of the one girl who stayed clear-headed. "you…" he rasps, voice ragged and raw, the word a broken plea. "They… they t…