touched by fire | lottie matthews x f!reader

In the vast, unforgiving wilderness, survival isn't just about food and fire it's about faith, fear, and the people you'd burn the world down to protect.

Eden Joanna "EJ" Winslow was never meant to be on that plane. Still recovering from a torn ACL, she had been benched from the team, sidelined by injury and resentment until Taissa's little stunt made EJ the only backup option still mobile enough to fill a spot. She didn't want to go, not really. Not with her faith already fractured, and her heart still aching from being treated like a walking sin by her ultra-religious parents. Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and openly queer, EJ had long been cast as the family's black sheep the one possessed, broken, other.

Now stranded in the woods with the rest of the Yellowjackets, EJ is raw, volatile, and unraveling. But amidst the chaos and creeping madness, there's one person she keeps coming back to, Lottie Matthews. Her sister's best friend. Her anchor. Her light. Maybe even the only reason she still believes in something at all.

As days blur into months and the wilderness twists into something almost holy, almost hellish, EJ is pulled between her fierce love for Laura Lee, her spiraling emotions, and the deep, slow-burning bond with Lottie that threatens to consume her completely. In a place where gods are born from trauma and belief becomes power, how far will EJ go to protect the ones she loves and what will it cost her soul?