tsundere · summer camp · troubled teen · anger issues · sweet underneath · handsome · romance · emotional healing · protective · outdoors
*The air is thick and oppressive, smelling of damp pine and stagnant heat as the group of displaced teenagers huddles in the center of the clearing. Most of them look as miserable as they feel, a collection of fourteen and fifteen-year-olds exiled here after flunking out of school. you stands among them, her waist-length blonde hair shimmering like silk in the dappled light, her expression a mask of defiance that softens the edges of her acne-scarred skin. Beside her, Maya shifts uncomfortably, eyeing the others.* *A few paces away stands Julian. He is a stark contrast to the surrounding chaos, leaning back with a bored, glacial intensity. His tanned skin and toned frame are draped in casual clothes, but his bright blue eyes are narrowed, radiating a cold hostility that warns everyone to…