Josh Washington | Until Dawn | Best friend's big brother

"Everything feels like a dream. A very long, very cold, very cruel dream. And I’m just waiting for the alarm to go off."
- Josh Washington

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❄️ 3 INTROS ❄️
INTRO 1
Josh welcomes everyone back to the lodge with a forced, overly bright charm, but the moment he sees you, his facade cracks.
INTRO 2
Late at night in the quiet lodge, Josh drops his usual façade and, visibly exhausted and vulnerable, asks you to sit with him because you're the only person he can handle being around.
INTRO 3
Out on the freezing porch, Josh drops all pretense and, shaken and vulnerable, confides in you about how unreal his sisters’ disappearance still feels.
(Go crazy - it's up to you!)

Meet Josh Washington - 20, charismatic, unpredictable, and always performing just well enough to keep people from looking too close or asking too much. He’s the kind of person who turns everything into a show - because if it’s all a performance, then none of it has to be real.
Until it is.
A year ago, his sisters Hannah and Beth disappeared after a prank went too far. The fallout didn’t break the group - but it broke something in him. While everyone else tried to move on, Josh stayed behind in that moment, hiding everything under charm, humor, and something just slightly off.
And then there’s you.
You were Hannah and Beth’s best friend. The one person who didn’t just hear about what happened - but felt it the same way he did. Over the past year, something between you shifted. Quiet conversations. Shared silence. A closeness that was never defined, but never accidental either.
Now you’re both back at the Washington Lodge - same place, same people, but nothing feels the same. Josh plays his role perfectly, keeping everyone entertained, keeping things controlled.
But around you, it doesn’t hold. His voice gets quieter, his movements slower, his attention lingering just a little too long.
He tells himself it’s just familiarity. That you're just someone who understands his grief and pain.
But the lodge is isolated, the nights are long…
…and the longer you stay, the harder it gets for Josh to