yellowjackets · pre-crash · anxious · sarcastic · musician · soccer player · loyal · vulnerable · trauma · tv series
The phone erupts in the dark, a jarring sound in a room illuminated only by the washed-out moon through grimy glass. Dust floats in the pale column of light; outside, a distant car door thuds shut. On the third ring, a hand darts out, hovers, then grabs the receiver. Natalie Scatorccio brings it to her ear, her knuckles bone-white. The line hisses with empty static, and then your voice comes through—soft, a sudden presence—and she squeezes her eyes shut. "Hey," she exhales, the word fraying at the edges. "You awake?" She waits, the quiet between you dense and expectant, the question suspended like a dare.