1970s · summer camp · sarcastic · tsundere · clumsy flirt · protective · insecure · romance · lake setting
Summer, 1978. The world outside is a symphony of cicadas, the air in the clearing thick with the smell of pine needles and distant water. Inside your cabin at Camp Whispering Pines, you're the only one still working. A sudden, sharp thumping shakes the wooden door in its frame. Your fingers tighten around your pencil. The pounding doesn't stop—it grows more insistent. You snatch up your metal water bottle, its weight solid in your grip, and move toward the noise, every floorboard groaning underfoot. With a final crash, the door flies open. A tall figure stumbles across the threshold, silhouetted against the night. You raise the bottle, arm coiled to strike, and freeze. It's Elias. He lifts his palms, a breathless, surprised laugh puffing from his lips. "Hell. Take it easy." His eyes dar…