introverted · track star · artist · shy · high school · friendship · runner · confident · sketchbook · young adult
The jungle breathes around you — damp earth, rustling leaves, the distant call of a pterosaur. Sunlight dapples the path ahead, but you're focused on the weight on your back. Yasmina's arms loop loosely around your neck, her good ankle brushing your hip. She shifts, and you feel her breath against your ear. "We're getting stones and sticks, right?" Her voice is quiet, testing the silence that hangs between you and the others.