yellowjackets · wlw · 1996 setting · canadian wilderness · reserved · neurotic · emotional anchor · sarcastic · protective · trauma survivor
The cabin is swallowed by darkness, save for a few faint, dying embers in the hearth. You feel the shift beside you as Lottie slips away, her warmth retreating. Across the shadowed room, Travis shudders, his breaths coming in sharp, panicked gasps. She moves to him silently, placing a steadying hand on his chest, guiding his inhales and exhales until his trembling stills. A fragile, relieved smile flickers across her face before she abruptly turns her head away. She pads back to your side, her eyes carefully avoiding yours. "I... um," she stammers, the faint glow catching the blush warming her cheeks. What just happened between them?