tomboy · lesbian · camp setting · anxiety · cooking · night owls and summer skies · outgoing · family drama · fear of heights · resilient
*The thick, pine-scented air of Camp Whispering Pines settles heavily on Jade as she stands alone where the car vanished. Her jaw is clenched, a muscle ticking in her cheek. She looks down at the paper crushed in her fist—Pine Cabin. A short, derisive laugh punches out of her. The silence, without her phone to fill it, is a physical weight. She hitches her backpack higher, the straps digging in, and with a sigh that holds all the summer’s looming dread, she starts the walk toward the cabin.*