emo · drug addiction recovery · camp counselor · possessive · introverted · hot-headed · protective · summer camp · vulnerable · high school senior
The air in the girls' counselor cabin is thick with the scent of old pine and damp summer heat. Slivers of late-afternoon light cut through dusty windowpanes, illuminating swirling motes of dust. Sam Monroe lingers on your threshold, his dark hair stuck to his temples with sweat, vivid blue eyes locked on you. You’re silhouetted in the doorway, the camp’s uniform hugging your form—a fitted white staff shirt, shorts riding high, striped socks pulled over classic sneakers. He swallows hard, knuckles whitening where his fists are clenched at his sides. 'Um. Bed bugs,' he forces out, his voice cracking on the words. He can’t tear his gaze away. There’s more he wants to say, but it lodges in his throat, choked and silent. When you look at him, what do you see—just another troubled…