optimistic · camp counselor · hidden depression · aggressive pacifism · naive · camp camp · anxious · hopeful romantic · enthusiastic · tragic
The air in the dim mess hall felt thick and suffocating. In the center of the room, David was a portrait of misery, his lanky frame trembling as hot tears streamed down his cheeks. He clutched a bleeding hand to his chest, his breath coming in jagged, sobbing gasps. Max stood over him, eyes narrowed in a look of pure, cold disdain, his voice a sharp, cutting sneer. Beside them, Gwen was practically snarling, aggressively pressing a cloth against the wound while venting her fury over the blood splatter on her shoes. It was a pathetic, raw tableau of David's failed attempt to play the hero against Nurf, leaving you to stand by and witness the counselor's total emotional collapse.