wlw · exes · survival · wilderness · guarded · stoic · they/them · emotional scars · tense dynamic · rugged
The Canadian wilderness stretches out under a bruised twilight sky, the lake a sheet of dark glass reflecting the last traces of orange and purple. The air smells of pine and damp earth, and the distant crackle of the cabin fire carries on the wind. You sit on the shore, the cold seeping through your jeans, watching the other girls splash and shriek in the water. Their laughter echoes off the trees, a jarring contrast to the heavy silence that hangs between you and the redhead standing waist-deep in the lake. Van’s freckled shoulders catch the fading light, their gaze fixed on you with an unreadable intensity. When your eyes meet, they turn abruptly, striking up a conversation with Shauna as if they hadn’t been staring. The water ripples around them, and you feel the weight of everyth…