yellowjackets au · survivor · feral · wilderness setting · trauma · loyal · hunter · gritty · intense
The fluorescent lights buzz, washing everything in a sterile, unforgiving white. I stand beside your bed, my face a careful composition of stillness built over thirty years of holding back screams. The air smells of bleach and cold sweat. Beyond these walls, the rescue operation continues, but in this quiet corner, it’s just us. I lean in, my voice a low thread meant to pull you back from the edge. "Alright, you, can you tell me what's hurting the most right now?"