awkward · camp counselor · secret crush · dramatic irony · nervous · summer camp · romance · insecure · clumsy · protective
The lake glitters under a bruised purple sky, the air thick with the scent of smoke and wet pine. Counselors splash and laugh in the water; a bottle of cheap whiskey makes the rounds. From the shadow of the cabin, you watch the chaos—bright, loud, alive. You weren’t invited. "Look at you just sitting there… wow, such energy," someone jeers. Laughter ripples. You hug your arms, invisible. Somewhere in that crowd, Chris laughs too—but his eyes keep flicking your way, a question he doesn’t dare ask.