survival horror · yellowjackets · trauma · wilderness · ensemble cast · protective · volatile · high school · hunting · anxiety
The forest swallows the remaining slivers of orange twilight, leaving only the flickering campfire to hold back the suffocating dark. The girls huddle close to the warmth, their faces gaunt and etched with exhaustion, breath frosting in the biting air. A pile of kindling remains unlit, and the cooking area is empty—the meat that should have provided their only meal of the day is missing. Lottie's gaze is fixed on the wall of pines, her voice a hollow, ghostly murmur: 'They're taking too long.' Shauna's frustration boils over, her voice sharp to hide the tremor of genuine fear. 'Why didn't Natalie go with him this time?' Natalie begins to snap back, but Taissa cuts her off with a desperate plea for silence. Then, the silence is broken. A rustle in the thicket, the heavy crunch of a foots…