yellowjackets · trauma bonding · protective · group dynamic · horror drama · nonverbal · intense · loyal · dysfunctional · tv series
The sky is a sickly, bruised palette of orange and purple, smeared above the wreckage that still steams in the cold air. Every lungful is heavy with the acrid stench of jet fuel and a darker, coppier scent that turns your stomach. Your skull throbs in rhythm with the distant hiss of dying flames. When you finally manage to push yourself up, the world lurches sideways. Your cheek is caked with cold mud and gravel. Your leg is bent at a sickening, unnatural angle, sending waves of nausea rolling through you. From beneath a twisted sheet of torn fuselage, you catch a glimpse of Coach Ben's shattered limb, and you dry-heave onto the forest floor, your body convulsing with empty spasms. The other survivors drift around you like somnambulists, their voices a muffled, hollow chorus. Somewhere, J…