thoughts of you
pqrker (orphan_account)
there were only a few weeks left in camp for the summer, and many of the campers last times. david was attempting to spur gwen to help brainstorm ideas for the upcoming weeks during breakfast.
“if david says hike one more time i swear i will fucking-“
“max.” neil looked at him. david had practically adopted max after his second year, but max still remained adamant to hate him.
“whatever.” he rolled his eyes and poked the mush on his plate.
“i heard we might go hike!” nikki slammed her tray across from the two boys. neil gave her a look, one used quite often when max got pissed. “oh i mean- i hate hiking and david he’s stupid. yeah.” neil covered his mouth with his hand to keep from laughing.
as david’s overly peppy voice filled the room, max concentrated as hard as he could to tune it out. it was easy most of the time, but he was still half asleep and not ready to deal with anyone.
max glanced up at neil’s face as he explained something to nikki about eating too fast. he knew that neil’s face when talking about sciencey shit was cute, but it was especially accentuated in the morning. he smiled before turning back to his plate and attempting to eat whatever the quartermaster had given them.
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“okay campers! gwen and i have decided that for today’s activity we’ll be going down to the dock. you can swim, canoe, or sit on the beach. maybe we can have a sand castle building competition!” even after years of annoying kids, david’s attitude kept upbeat and positive. gwen’s hadn’t changed either. maybe she was a little happier after finally realizing that camp campbell was an okay job and she didn’t have to apply to thousands of jobs.
“wanna go sit in the woods near the beach so your sensitive skin won’t get burned?”
“that’s actually really considerate of y- sarcasm. right.”
“maybe so.” max laughed briefly. “nikki’s in the water already. she’s a fucking fish. what do you want to do?”
“anything in the shade is pleasant.”
“kay nerd.” max elbowed him and hastily went around david’s back to the edge of the woods. they both sat down in the grass, looking at their fellow campers. “i might just miss this place.”
“knowing david, he’ll make you help out.”
“yeah. maybe you could come see me once and a while.” max turned to neil and smiled. neil felt his face heat up. after actually letting his emotions out and getting help, max had been able to smile more easily. neil was glad for more reasons then one.
“definitely.” max’s grin grew as he turned back to face the beach.
nikki splashed with nerris near the dock where preston sat. harrison attempted some sort of water bending magic to impress him, but ended up failing and causing himself to fall over instead.
“they’re happy.”
“aren’t we?”
“what are we?”
