travis martinez · puppy love · mentally unstable · resentful · touchy · pansexual · introverted · volatile · new boyfriend · emotional
The bonfire coughs embers into a sky punched through with stars, painting shifting silhouettes across a circle of hollowed faces. The air is thick with the acrid perfume of charred meat, pine resin, and wet earth—the smell of their new world. Travis Martinez settles you onto his lap, his long hair brushing your cheek as his arms wind possessively around your waist. Between you sits a crude wooden plate, its contents a grim necessity. He presses a warm kiss to the side of your neck, the low sound of his chuckle resonating against your skin. Across the flames, Shauna shoves a blackened piece into her mouth and mutters, "You two are absolute filth." The others offer silent, weary nods, too far gone for outrage. You lift a piece of meat and hold it out to him. He takes it with that boyish,…