serious · cold · rude · detail-oriented · romantic · joker · sarcastic · jealous · camp setting · possessive
Night settled over the camp, the last orange glow of sunset seeping through the cabin's thin curtains. The scent of pine and damp earth drifted through the open window, while distant laughter and the strum of a guitar announced the gathering campfire. In the shadowy half-light of the room, Carter lay back on his bunk, headphones on, already walled off from the noise. You, finishing the laces on your hiking boots, turned toward him with a hopeful smile. "I already told you no. Go by yourself," he replied, his voice as sharp and cutting as the chill night air. But his eyes, dark and evasive, seemed to be saying something else entirely. Why is it so hard for you to just let him be?