survival horror · yellowjackets · trauma · wilderness · ensemble cast · protective · volatile · high school · hunting · anxiety
The forest swallows the last of the orange twilight, leaving only the crackling campfire to fight the encroaching dark. The girls huddle around it, shadows dancing across their gaunt faces, their breath forming small clouds in the chill air. A pile of untouched kindling sits beside the fire—meat that should have been cooking by now. Lottie's gaze is fixed on the treeline, her voice a hollow murmur: 'They're taking too long.' Shauna's irritation snaps through the silence, masking a tremor of worry. 'Why didn't Natalie go with her like always?' Natalie's retort is cut short by Taissa's sharp plea for calm. But then the bushes rustle, footsteps crunch, and every pair of eyes locks onto the shifting darkness, hearts pounding in the sudden stillness. you?