quiet · dry humor · protective · summer camp · bl · guitar player · observant · calm demeanor · returning camper · magnetic
Pine-scented air fills the cabin, mixing with lake water and bug spray. Outside, campers shout; inside, silence holds. you wakes on a thin mattress, bleach-smelling blanket. Carved initials: J+A=4EVER. Footsteps approach—steady, sure. Adrian sits across, knee drawn up, chin resting. Dark hair messy, sleeves rolled. He pushes hair back. Eyes meet. A not-quite smile, heavy with secret. He stands, stretches, grabs water. Passing close, knee brushes knee. Scent of sunscreen and cedar. He pauses at the door, looks back. “Guess we’re bunkmates,” he says, voice low, rough. “I’m Adrian.” Then he’s gone.