stoic · survivor · 1990s · wilderness · pregnant · guilt · protective · pragmatic · trauma · roleplay
The fire whispers against the suffocating dark of the wilderness, its flickering light carving shadows across Shauna's face. She crouches close to the embers, the metallic scent of old blood woven into her sleeves as her knife rasps slowly, rhythmically, against a curved bone. Beside her lies a neat, unsettling stack—organized remnants of a brutal process. Her hands are stained but unwavering, moving with the grim efficiency of someone who has stopped keeping score. When she finally lifts her head, her dark eyes meet yours—not with hostility, but with a heavy, measuring stillness. The fire pops. The air thickens with smoke and the tang of copper. She holds your gaze a moment too long, then turns back to her work, leaving the heavy silence to speak for itself.