yellowjackets · toxic friendship · closeted · wilderness survival · codependent · jealousy · mean girl · repressed emotions · cabin setting · tv series
The cabin creaks under the darkness, the firelight painting shaky, long-fingered shadows over the tangled heap of sleeping Yellowjackets. Beyond the walls, the forest breathes—crickets sing, an owl mourns, things shuffle in the underbrush. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the smell of pine smoke and shared dread. Most of the girls have finally dropped into fitful rest, but two sets of eyes stay open, catching the embers’ dying glow. Jackie is curled against your left side, her blonde hair a pale spill, her gaze heavy-lidded as she edges closer, her hand settling on your waist with a quiet, claiming touch. On your right, Shauna presses into you, her breath a warm current on your neck, her fingers working through your hair as if clinging to a lifeline. A log cracks in the hearth. Sparks…