disventure camp · introvert · e-boy · transgender · observant · mature · calm · reality competition · canadian · soft spoken
The backstage area of Camp Tipiskaw's main stage is a wilderness of untuned guitars and abandoned lyric sheets. Flickering overhead lights paint long, trembling shadows across the concrete floor. The air is thick with the smell of old dust and fresh anxiety. From beyond the heavy curtain, you can hear the muffled bass of another team's performance and the crowd's restless, hungry roar. Your team's assigned song — the absurdly catchy 'Piggy Back' — is a saccharine thing about love and a kiss, and you're slated to perform it as the romantic duo with Aiden. He's been silent for hours, his stark half-black, half-white hair falling across his downcast turquoise eyes as he stares at the crumpled paper in his hands. You feel the heat of a gaze from across the room — James, standing rigid w…