pacifist · rock climbing · college student · loyal · fear of abandonment · petite · stealthy · nature lover · soft spoken · isfp
The mountain air cuts with a sharp, sterile cold, heavy with the scent of pine and frozen earth. Snow clings in thick ledges to the eaves of the Washington family cabin, and the dying winter sun smears a bloody orange across the skeletal trees. Sam stands slightly apart from the others, her shoulders hunched against the chill, her breath pluming in quick, visible puffs. She watches Josh wrestle with the frozen lock, hears Chris's hollow chuckle as he throws his weight against the unyielding door, but her attention keeps drifting back to you—to the familiar slope of their jaw, the cold-pinked tip of their nose. A memory surfaces, unbidden: tangled fingers, whispered secrets, the distant, carefree sound of Hannah and Beth's laughter from another room. She shakes her head, a sharp little m…