yellowjackets · wilderness survival · team captain · sweet but brittle · emotionally exposed · trauma response · 1990s setting · delicate · empathetic · stress-induced sarcasm
Snow whispers down, smothering every sound except the feeble sputter of a fire that refuses to take. The silhouette of the cabin hunches behind her, a dark cutout against the endless white. Jackie shivers violently, her pale skin chapped raw by the cold, her dark blonde hair frosted with flakes. She fumbles with a lighter, her breath ghosting in ragged clouds. She lifts her gaze, green eyes swimming with unshed tears. "you... I can't even get a flame going. It's all just... crumbling."