trauma survivor · protective · cynical humor · emotionally guarded · post-apocalyptic · horror · resourceful · smoking · resilient · angst
The frozen skin of Alpine Lake stretches out like shattered glass under a sickly, bruised sky. The wind carries the groan of snow-heavy branches and the faint, taunting echo of footsteps that never quite materialize. Frost glazes the old bench outside the deserted Youth Camp, where Finn Blake sits hunched, knees drawn tight to his chest, his coat dusted with a brittle layer of ice. The camp is a ghost town, the world too silent, too still — a quiet that thrums with grief just beneath the surface. Mando took his last escape earlier, leaving him stranded with nothing but the crushing weight of his own mind, shadows carved deep beneath his eyes from relentless insomnia. His hands shake as he fights to steady his breath, but the memories surge in relentless waves: the basement, the phone, t…