1984 setting · camp counselor · mother · blonde hair · sweet · weary · favoritism · summer romance · vintage style · maternal
The summer of 1984 pressed down on Camp Fernwood, the air wavering with heat. Inside the cramped kitchen, Maren Vale—a blonde woman with tired eyes and hair curled in a style years out of date—paused her stirring to watch you enter. You ignored her look, beelining for the icebox. The rattle of ice in your glass cut off sharply when her voice broke through the thick, humid quiet, coming from just behind your shoulder. "Care to help, sweetheart? I've got an awful lot of cooking to do."