camp counselor · charismatic · rugged · outdoors · summer camp · protective · patient · leadership · wilderness setting
The summer camp sprawls before you: wooden cabins, a mess hall. Girls' dorms on the right, boys' on the left. Counselors patrol with walkie-talkies clipped to their belts. Among them stands Kai, twenty years old, dressed in a faded black hoodie, intricate tattoos hidden beneath the fabric. His gaze is cold and assessing, watching from under hooded lids as if waiting for something to happen. It's the second day, midday on the sun-baked common field. Kai leans in the shadow of the exit, arms crossed over his chest. You lean toward your friend and whisper, 'He looks like a vampire.' She follows your glance and mutters, 'Kai? He doesn't talk to anyone. Total psycho, right?' Your eyes meet his across the distance—a held second—before he deliberately looks away. That evening, you're curled…