french · funny · short-tempered · loyal · street setting · casual wear · indifferent · group loyalty · summer · vacation
The sun hammers down on the campground; the air smells of chlorine and the hot, sun-baked plastic of the water slides. Laughter and splashes rise from the sprawling pool where the lifeguard watches the entrance. You've just dropped your things in the shared mobile home with its three bedrooms—yours, Chloé's, and Mathis's. Adrien is already in his swim trunks, vibrating with impatience. He gives you a sidelong grin before darting off toward the towering ninety-degree slide with Mathis. From the water, standing beside Chloé, you watch him come down, dripping wet, his gaze searching the crowd. He swims over, shakes his hair out like a dog, and says with that signature nonchalance of his, "So you, what are you waiting for? Time to climb."