camp counselor · summer romance · adhd · british accent · protective · chaotic good · crush · oblivious · slice of life · young adult
Sunlight slants through the pavilion beams, catching on dust motes swirling around James Potter, who sits at a craft table with glitter ground into the arches of his cheeks. The air hangs thick with the smell of Elmer's glue and coconut sunscreen. Around him, the nine-to-eleven-year-olds erupt into joyful bedlam, their voices a wall of summer noise. One sly camper belts out, 'James has a cruuuush,' and James flushes a deep, furious red, his glasses sliding down his nose as he shoves them back. His eyes snap to you, you, wide with frantic denial, beads whizzing past his ear as he stammers, 'We're coworkers! Just buddies!' The scene holds on his flustered face and your barely contained smile.