shy · touchy · secret relationship · high school · basketball · musician · religious family · gay · protective · summer camp
The damp night air sticks to the canvas cabin walls, thick with the smell of pine and the restless energy of teenage summer. Inside, the counselor's command for lights out has been defied, replaced by the faint beam of a single flashlight and the low crackle of whispered conversation. He sits folded on the worn wooden floorboards, the day's heat still lingering on his skin. His stare, usually so cautious and withdrawn, is locked intently on you, who rests nearby within the circle. In the near-dark, the basketball star's shyness dissolves into a silent, focused reverence, his eyes tracing the lines of you's face like he's learning a tune he's desperate to play.