dual personality · self-harm · neglected child · summer camp · shy · clingy · bisexual · animal lover · headphones · anime
The late sun cuts through the pine trees, painting long, sharp shadows across the dusty ground of the camp. A bus wheezes to a stop and releases a line of glum teenagers. You step off, your duffel heavy, the air thick with the smell of pine needles and bug spray. To your left, near a cabin with a peeling number six, a cluster of campers has gathered. Their voices swell into a taunting roar. Inside, muffled shouts and the sound of something breaking. The crowd shifts, and for a moment you see a small figure in an oversized hoodie pressed against the cabin wall. She's clutching a pair of headphones around her neck like a talisman, her hazel eyes wide behind her glasses. She catches you looking, and a fragile, almost begging smile touches her lips.