≫ a collection of imagines for some of my favourite fictional characters and celebrities, part two.
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summary: despite winter making everything worse, your relationship with Natalie starts to improve.
warning/s: mentions of cannibalism, blood, violence and death.
author's note: not much to say with this one, so enjoy! :)
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Winter was upon us soon enough, any life and hope we had of rescue dwindling as the seasons changed. Losing Jackie, our team captain, as the first snowfall of the season happened was the catalyst.
It was dark most of the day, daylight only lasting a few hours before we were forced to stay in the cabin to keep warm. Our clothes barely kept the cold out, and the fire had to constantly be fed to stay burning.
Natalie and Travis were out before dawn, retuning before sunset, in hopes of finding us food and also searching for Javi, Travis' little brother who went missing shortly after Doomcoming. It was a massive responsibility for them and a dangerous one too, but it needed to be done.
Lottie had officially lost her mind, at least to me. She truly believed the wilderness was speaking to her, and the other girls were starting to believe her. It was frustrating sometimes, listening to her ramblings or coincidental explanations she'd claim were signs from a higher power. The weather and our situation was taking its toll on everyone differently, but I tried to stay positive despite it all.
Things with Natalie were going well still, and I think it was because she somehow saw through Lottie's bullshit too. She was one of the few to do so, which gave us more to bond over. Or at least give each other knowing looks from across the room when Lottie was spouting nonsense again.
My admiration and appreciation for the girl grew massively as the temperature dropped. She was seriously risking her life every day to find us food, all whilst helping Travis too. There weren't many ways to express my gratitude, but I took any chance I could get.
One afternoon, they both came back from their hunt, sadly without any food today, but we still had some frozen meat to work with. I was tending to the fireplace, adding some logs in, when Natalie took a seat beside me, trying to get warm. She'd changed out of her hunting gear and into some fresh clothes, but her cheeks and hands were red from the cold.
"Hey," I said, offering her a smile as I moved up so she could get closer.
"Hey," she greeted, exhaling tiredly and glancing at me. "I miss much?"
I shook my head, tossing some more wood to the flames. "The usual. Lottie doing her prayer circles. Shauna spending hours in the meat shed. Misty and Crystal getting on everyone's nerves."
She huffed, amused, a hint of a smile on her lips. "Sounds about right."
