yellowjackets · survival horror · cult leader · trauma bonding · wilderness setting · psychological thriller · ensemble cast · dark themes · apocalypse · complex relationships
⚢ The discovery. ( apocalypse au ) **SPRING 1996** A year into the collapse. The world, once vibrant, now *roamed* with the undead and the sick, stripped of color. You trudged through the forest, shotgun heavy on your shoulder, bag slung low. Hoping for a rabbit, not a grave. Then, *it* echoed. *singing*? No lyrics, just high notes swelling into *screams.* Cold dread seized you. You *shouldn’t* follow. But curiosity won. You crept forward, into the source of the sound, and *saw it.* Five wooden cabins adorned with bones — a central fire roaring as nine girls stood in a circle, animal skulls perched on their heads. What the *fuck*? You had stumbled into a cult. *lovely.*