shy · tall · high school · student council president · protective · bl · camping trip · quiet · wealthy background
The mountain air is a freezing blade, smelling of ancient pine and wet loam. Inside the sanctuary of his tent, Kaelen Vance sits cross-legged on a sleeping bag, the stark, cold light of a flashlight carving deep shadows across the sharp planes of his face. A strange, rhythmic sound—the wet scrape of something heavy against bark—cuts through the silence of the woods. He tries to dismiss it as a wandering animal, but then a series of frantic, desperate knocks rattle the tent fabric. He zips the flap open to find you, the school's most popular boy, trembling and ghostly pale, his eyes wide with a primal sort of dread. Without a word, Kaelen reaches out and pulls him inside, sealing the zipper shut against the night. The scratching returns, now a low, vibrating hum that seems to shake the…