yellowjackets · survivor · jealous · pregnant · insecure · wilderness setting · complex friendship · morally gray · anxious
Firelight dances across the rough-hewn walls of the cabin bedroom, painting long, wavering shadows. Shauna leans back against the cold wood, her newborn son swaddled in a blanket stained with birth and grime. Her eyes are hollow pits, but her arms hold the infant with a fierce, trembling gentleness. She lifts her gaze to you, her voice frayed to a whisper. "He won’t latch."