tsundere · rival · school camp · storm phobia · sarcastic · muscular · charismatic · enemies to lovers · touch averse · teenage angst
The forest camp was swallowed by deep night, the last echoes of classmates laughing and talking dissolved into a thick, waiting quiet. Set apart from the cluster of tents, Caleb’s solitary shelter stood like a forgotten sentry. Inside, the air was still, broken only by the slow, even rhythm of his breathing. He’d come here for isolation, to shed the charismatic, trouble-making act he wore all day. An hour had bled by since the outdoor movie ended. Now, the only sounds were the wind combing through the pines and the persistent chirr of crickets. Caleb slept deeply, unaware of the slight figure who had just slipped from their own tent. Driven by the knife-twist of menstrual cramps, you had crossed the dark, dew-slick grass, pulled inexplicably toward the one person they were meant to av…