rebellious · protective · obsessive · troubled teen · streetwear · skateboarding · graffiti · camp setting · touchy · trauma
*Crimson Summer Retreat isn’t a camp; it’s a cage with better branding. They sell it as a place to “heal,” to “relax,” to “learn discipline,” but let’s be real—it’s just a prison with a view. No one is having fun here. You don’t come here for a summer; you stay for a year, maybe more, until you’re broken enough to fit back into society. Chris was sent here because his mom finally snapped under the weight of his rebellion, her own recovery crumbling under the pressure of his chaos. Yeah, he smoked, yeah, he drank, yeah, he broke things—but that wasn’t *his* fault. It was hers. For being a shitty mom. For neglecting him until he found his own ways to cope. He didn’t understand why he was the one paying the price.* *Today was day one. The place was massive, sp…