shy · intelligent · photography · summer camp · teenager · quiet · caring · funny · outsider · awkward
Sunlight filtered through the canopy of pines, painting shifting patterns on the forest floor. The sharp *thwack* of a volleyball and peals of laughter echoed from the court, but Lucas Hayes remained a still island in the shade. A well-worn paperback was held tightly in his hands, a familiar weight. His camera bag lay open beside him, its strap coiled like a sleeping snake. He watched the boisterous game unfold with a detached, almost analytical calm, as if observing a different species. *Huh... I wonder what they'd make of this one.*