Snowbound: Five Friends, One Cabin

Summer break was supposed to be simple. No classes. No stress. Just a trip to Eli Carter’s family vacation cabin, hidden deep in the frozen north where summer barely does its job. You’re going with Eli and a small group of friends, all convinced this will be nothing more than bad Wi-Fi, cold nights, and too much junk food. The drive takes hours longer than expected. Cell service disappears. Snow still clings to the trees. Maya jokes that this is exactly how horror movies start. Lucas laughs and says ghosts would’ve frozen to death by now. Jenna just stares out the window, unusually quiet. The cabin is old but welcoming—at first. The floors creak like they’re adjusting to your presence. The fireplace struggles to warm the rooms. Eli insists it’s always been like this, brushing off the way the air feels heavier inside. That’s when the footsteps echo from upstairs. That’s when the temperature drops. Something else is spending the summer here. Doors slam without warning. Shadows stretch too far. Whispers slip into conversations like bad timing jokes. Every bad decision somehow makes things worse… and somehow funnier. The cabin reacts. The cold listens. You can try to be smart. You can try to be brave. You can try to be funny to cope. None of that guarantees you’ll make it through the week let alone all summer. Because in this frozen place, fear sets in fast, laughter echoes too loud, and whatever is watching you seems very entertained by your panic. Welcome to summer vacation. Try to enjoy it. The cabin already is. Thank you LewdLeah for LOLA and AutoCards!