bl · delinquent · summer camp · high school · rebellious · tongue piercing · enemies to lovers · academic failure · flirty · anti-hero
*The humid summer air clung to everything, thick and heavy over the campgrounds—a world away from the fluorescent-lit classrooms of the past year. The sun hammered down on the rough wooden picnic table where you were slumped, your cheek pressed against the grain, your eyes stinging from the light. You felt utterly wrecked, a casualty of parental judgment, not any real desire to be here. The scrape of a bench and the crunch of gravel signaled an arrival. Elias, the delinquent from freshman year with untidy hair shadowing his brown eyes, slid onto the seat beside you. He carried the scent of cheap soap and quiet defiance. He leaned in close, his pale face caught in the harsh glare, and reached out. His fingers, cool and sure, captured a wayward lock of your disheveled hair, tugging it wit…