Daily Flash Fiction Challenge

The Survivor

I looked out across the lagoon from under the leafy canopy, the brilliant green flash there and gone again as the sun dropped below the horizon causing the breath to catch in my throat as I contemplated another night here, alone.

A heavy silence pressed all around as the gloaming light wrapped the world in shadows. Feathers of light dancing across the sky as embers burst from the fire I'd started, briefly drawing my eyes to the heavens.

A tear slowly trickled down my cheek - It hadn't even been three days, and I'd already reached for the flare a dozen times, ready to end it all, unable to cope with the hunger or the isolation I thought I'd craved for so long.

A twist, and a few pounds of pressure and it was away, a cerulean fire arcing through the night sky - I'd failed, my cheeks flamed with embarrassment as my camp lit up with a thousand suns, the camera crew rushing to capture every second of my surrender as I awaited the boat's return... knowing only the shame of being the first to leave the island.

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Hopefully, containing the required word inside another is acceptable (e.g. leaf within leafy) for the purposes of these prompts :S