oohohoho you just opened the deepest can of worms on the planet

-mod dave, who wrote a fucking ten mile essay

first off, addressing the second anon, no theyre all humans. h., half humans at least. cause yall know me i fucking love my humanstuck aus off my ASS

(that would be funny as hell though. a troll from space walking into a camp on earth going “I AM THE SON OF ONE OF YOUR EARTH GODS. BITCH” like... holy shit)

so first things first their parents. im gonna lay this out, the beta kids and trolls are all greek (EXCEPT sollux hes roman cause his parent has no greek equivalent), and all the alpha kids and trolls are those gods roman equivalents (,,EXCEPT dirk cause he kinda balances sollux being roman out). i havent figured out how thatd happen like 16+ times yet cause in the percy jackson books theres only ever been one instance of two siblings of the same godly descent being greek and roman respectively in HISTORY so like.. i guess th. i guess thats just not a problem in this au

anyway this gets really long so im gonna talk about the beta kids and trolls cause i havent elaborated on the alphas at all ((peep the tags if you wanna see their parents though))

johns the son of zeus, rose is the daughter of athena, dave is the son of apollo, and jade is the daughter of demeter. they were all raised in their respective states, all had to come to new york for various reasons. jades been there the longest, shes been there 9 years and shes been on a couple quests. her biggest accomplishment so far is how she protected the camp from this big vicious angry hellhound that got past the barrier. naturally the girls fluent in Dog Training, so she steps up and instead of trying to kill this thing, she reaches out and tames it as fast as she can. it ends up actually working, and ever since that day she, her cabin, and the camp have a whole bodyguard sleeping right outside the demeter cabin! hes her steed in battle and hes a Very Good Boy. and his name is becquerel

johns the newest kid at camp, he has no idea who he is or why the fuck his school got attacked or why in the hell those anemoi thuellai were so fixated on him or HOW in the hell he absorbed the lightning one threw at him and ended up fine,,, hes just a big mess right now. a big enough mess that when he got claimed by literally zeus, no one else was around, he shrugged it off as some basic magical happening, and he stayed in the hermes cabin far longer than he should have cause no one! fucking knew he got claimed! by zeus of all people! dumbass. he ends up figuring it out though. like an off-hand mention about how this “weird lightning thing appeared above my head a couple weeks ago, haha weird right?” once he figures it out he realizes “hey i might be able to fly” so he sneaks off into the woods to try it. he succeeds fairly quickly but god almighty everyones face the one day the dude just yote himself off a small cliff without warning,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

dave and rose are really tight, theyve been there roughly the same time length, and since their cabins are across from each other they just bother each other all the time. daves the resident Doctor even though he really doesnt look it cause hes got the apollo powers. apollo is the medicine god. so if you wound your stupid ass in battle daves in the ER room patching you up with his glowy hands. rose on the other hand is a very good strategist. shes one of the only athena kids ever recorded to actually have a power - telekinesis. she has no idea how she developed it, she thinks its from birth, but it freaks her out. shes training it though.

so the beta trolls, are also all human(ish). aradias hades kid. but i pulled a pjo trope on her based on one of my favorite characters (im not saying for spoilers, but if you recognize the situation, You Probably Know Who Its Based Off) and aradia died. her mom, the handmaid, had been pulling some Shady Ass Shit and ended up getting herself killed, but aradia tried saving her and ended up going down with her.

so handmaid gets sentenced to the fields of punishment in the underworld, and aradia gets sentenced to elysium, heroes paradise. shes like “no i want my mom to be okay” so they take that away from aradia and they put them both in the fields of asphodel, the neverending grey space for Not So Good But Not So Bad people. her mom becomes a shade (shadow spirit, no human resemblance), as all people do, but aradia. doesnt? and she gets dunked in the fucking river lethe and if you dont know what that does it erases your memory. so she just. comes out of the river like “hello? wgat tae fukc goin on??” but she still remembers one thing. there was an “a” in her name.

tavros is the son of hermes, hes just kinda taken on the role of backup counselor for when the actual cabin counselor is out. hes in a wheelchair, but he also has prosthetic legs for when he needs to actually stand up and fight. hes really good at it too. also catch him in winged converse cause he Owns Those and Uses Them To His Advantage. hes trying his best to keep focused on the camp, cause aradia was his childhood friend, he misses her a whole lot, she never got to camp in the first place. and to his knowledge, shes still dead.

sollux is a janus kid. thats a problem cause janus is roman, and this is a greek camp. he grew up with dave, he showed up with dave, hes been at camp as long as dave. but hes been unclaimed since he showed up so he thinks hes unwanted by whatever parent he has. he knows hes a demigod, he got through the camp barriers, so what the fuck is wrong with him? he also feels shitty cause hes shit at the greek lessons, he cant read a lick of it which literally every demigod without exception should be able to do, he cant name any gods- well, he can, but.. he gets their names mixed up. why does he keep calling poseidon “neptune”? and he has a much, much different way of natural fighting than other kids. they slice, he jabs. he wasnt taught to jab. 

karkat is an aphrodite kid with vitiligo, and to make matters worse, hes ace and on the aro spectrum. to make matters WORSE, the aphrodite kids are kinda notorious for being really shallow, really materialistic, and really mean. karkats been dubbed the “runt” of the cabin, he gets made fun of for his spots to the point where he uses make up and magic to conceal them. worst of all? hes the kid of the goddess of love, for fucks sake. being reminded that “loveless people shouldnt be able to stay in this cabin, mom must have made a mistake claiming you” is kind of.. a blow to the self esteem. long story short he hates aphrodite for claiming him, and would have rather stayed in the hermes cabin. but he eventually goes on this big quest thats vague as fuck right now but Its The Main Plot, he ends up proving to himself that hes worth something and that his siblings are wrong, and my FAVORITE LINE IN THE WHOLE THING i came up with is HIS when he deals a final blow to some big monster: “REMEMBER MY FACE THE NEXT TIME YOU REINCARNATE. MY NAME IS KARKAT VANTAS, I’M THE SON OF APHRODITE, AND LOOKS CAN KILL.”

nepeta isnt anywhere near developed as others are unfortunately, shes a daughter of ares and shes really really good at hand to hand combat. shes small but she leads groups of people in things ranging from camp volleyball games to actual literal wars. shes a tough little shit

kanaya isnt really developed either, i have yet to figure out most of her powers too actually, shes a daughter of iris, the rainbow goddess though. (blatant reference to both kanayas vampirism and. h. her. sh. es ga. gay) ONE THING SHE CAN DO THOUGH is iris message at will without water or drachmas so really shes just everyones go to cell phone and its fucking hilarious cause people just come into the cabin like “KANAYA I NEED TO TALK TO [X]” and shes like “You Better Fucking Pay Me I Am Not Your Personal Cell Phone”

terezi is the daughter of nemesis and she has this really peculiar power she hasnt really gotten the hang of yet. she has synesthesia, so while she cant see she can smell and taste the colors of her surroundings and its really helpful. sometimes though she gets messages from her mom. they dont even come as dreams half the time, they come as almost a different plane altogether. tez has the power to literally tip the scales, pretty much. and when she gets like that, she can see. shes not on earth though, shit on earth stops when shes like that. shes just kinda In Her Own Head, i guess? and in her head she holds the two scales in her hands. she is the arms of the scale. and depending on which one she lifts up, she can literally alter the fate of the battle or happening thats going on By Herself. once she chooses she just whooshes back to real life though and nothing has changed. the only downside? it takes a LOT of energy and cant be exploited for little things. her one thing on her bucket list is to tap into said powers while getting something from a vending machine so like three things will fall out but it hasnt happened yet and shes upset

vriskas a daughter of tyche, the luck goddess, come the fuck on you knew i was gonna, i havent really elaborated on her either and im upset about that. but hey now you get a break from all those fucking paragraphs

equius is a hephaestus kid, and he kinda stays in the background. hes a range fighter, he spends a lot of time in the forge, and even though its been a project looooong since forgotten, hes been excavating the tunnels under cabin nine for years. by himself. he has no idea where they lead, but dammit hes gonna find out where. he has no idea about a certain bunker in the woods though...

gamzees just there for a fucking laugh tbh hes a son of dionysus and i love that cause hes the god of wine and parties and insanity. usually gamzees just zoning out somewhere hes Not supposed to be, and hes not affected by the maenads FUCKED UP BULLSHIT that goes down the forest sometimes. also hes so fucking scared of tavroses wing shoes he tried them on once while he was high and JESUS CHRIST

eridan is the son of kymopoleia, a SUPER obscure goddess. lets just say dont fuck with eridan cause his mom is the goddess of violent sea storms,

and naturally, feferi is the daughter of poseidon. cause who the FUCK else would she be the daughter of. WHO. NAME ONE GOD

OH AND JUST CAUSE I FORGOT CALLIE AND CALIBORN ARE SATYRS IN THIS AU. CALLIE HAS PAN PIPES. and caliborn still has a gun

I detested most stuff and I still do

You see, I hate everything but you

“God, this is lame.”

“Aw come on, Max!” David, attracted like a bloodhound to the slightest hint of negativity, flocked to Max and gave him his most winning grin. (David rarely won anything, especially with that stupid smile.)  “This is a very special experience for you campers!”

Max rolled his eyes. “A shitty waterpark in the middle of nowhere, full of screaming kids. It’s a dream come true.”

“Well, maybe if you went in the water you’d feel better! I could hold your sweatsh --”

“Touch it and die, camp man.”

“Seriously, Max,” Gwen said, coming up behind David with her arms already crossed in what she probably thought was an intimidating pose. Would probably be scarier if she wasn’t constantly trailing behind David like a duckling with an attitude problem. “This stupid trip cost us money we don’t have, so you better not ruin it.”

“Even if I wanted to run away, where would I go?” He threw his arms out to the side, making a dramatic show of looking around. “This place is more isolated and run-down than most Saw traps. Pretty sure I’ll die of tetanus just walking around.”

David looked like he wanted to say something inspiring (and dumb), but something over Max’s shoulder snagged his attention. “Mr. Campbell! Put those ‘No Running’ signs back!”

As the counselors ran off -- well, David ran; Max was pretty sure Gwen wouldn’t run unless a serial killer was chasing her -- he let his disinterested mask turn into an actual, evil-villain smile.

He’d only said he wouldn’t run away, after all. There were lots of things he could fuck up besides trying to escape.

He just needed his partners in crime . . .

“Max!” Right on time. He had a split second to brace himself before Nikki collided into his back, looping an arm around his neck and nearly dragging them both to the pockmarked cement. “This place is awesome! There are water guns attached to poles and I sprayed Preston in the face!”

“Amazing, Nik,” he replied, shrugging her off and readjusting his hoodie. “You really can find the bright side to even the shittiest things.”

Neil trotted up to them, already a little out of breath and wiping the sweat from his hairline. Max pulled an inhaler refill out of his hoodie pocket, but he waved it away and said, “I don’t think we can steal the guns. Not without a screwdriver, and I’m pretty sure I left mine in the tent.”

Nikki had already moved on. “The vending machine over there is broken! Neil and I got twelve packets of Cracker Jacks!”

“Do you even like Cracker Jacks?” he asked. Weren’t those just packing peanuts covered in caramel?

“I don’t know!” She tore a package open with her teeth and tossed the entire thing into her mouth. “Not really!”

Neil grimaced. “Jesus, Nikki, at least finish chewing --”

“Catch!” Nikki had already ripped into another packet and tossed a handful of Cracker Jacks in his face.

While Neil was spluttering and wiping peanuts off his face, Max said, “So what percentage of the water here d’ya think is pee? I wanna make sure I really emphasize the health code violations in my letter home. Maybe Mom and Dad will be so pissed off they sue the camp.”

(Not that they would; he was convinced his parents had learned English mostly by watching family sitcoms and cheesy coming-of-age movies, and they were convinced that garbage heaps like Camp Campbell “built character” and were part of the “true American experience.” No amount of common sense would get through to them. They were parents -- so, basically hopeless.)

Neil gave the pool a slightly nauseated look before shaking it off and turning back to him. “Even you have to admit this is a little fun.”

“I really don’t think I do.” He swept his arm up and over his head in a wide semicircle. “It’s a beautiful sunny day, everyone’s enjoying themselves, there’s some weird hipster shit playing over this place’s one broken loudspeaker. It’s picturesque. Disgusting .”

Nikki cocked her head to the side, listening to the tinny music crackling through the air like it was being played through a tin can. (And by a tin can. It sounded like a pile of tin cans in a clothes dryer that was also somehow tin cans.) “I kinda like it.”

“There’s a mandolin in this song. You know where mandolins belong? At Ren Faires and Scottish funerals.” Probably. He didn’t know much about Scottish funerals -- or what “Ren Faires” were beyond that Nerris liked them, and she seemed like the kind of weirdo who’d listen to tiny guitars -- but he doubted Neil or Nikki did either, so he was fairly confident he could get away with saying it.

His friends exchanged a look, one that set Max’s teeth on edge. “You’re doing it again,” Nikki said.

“Doing what?”

“Hating things,” Neil replied.

That wasn’t what Max had been expecting. “I mean . . . yeah,” he finally said, shaking his head. “It’s kinda my brand.”

“I know.” Nikki started chewing on the tip of one of her pigtails, the hair muffling her words. “And usually I like causing mischief, but it’s hot and I wanna go on the water slides!”

“She’s right,” Neil added, and Max began to feel like he was in some sort of intervention. “I know this place isn’t the best --”

“I’d rather be in Super Guantanamo.”

“-- but is it really more fun to just stand around being pissed off at everything?”

“Obviously.” The response was automatic, but the question actually threw him for a second.

Complaining was fun. He and Neil could spend an entire Saturday trading complaints and insults about the camp, their parents, even the weather if they were really running low on things that sucked. Max considered himself a champion at bitching about things, but Neil’s super-geek brain was so good at plucking out faults in even the most awesome things and somehow making these observations both stupidly obvious and even funny -- in his dry, “not entirely sure he’s actually joking” way.

And ruining things was fun: Nikki had the worst, impossiblest, batshit-craziest ideas, and buried in all that weirdness were some of the best pranks he’d ever pulled. Even when Max couldn’t shut her down on a bullshit scheme, it was fun watching his friends use science and Nikki-ness to make it work -- and fail, usually. It was even more fun when they were actually able to pull something off that shouldn’t have been possible (usually with his help and great insights; he was the best at causing mayhem and always would be) . . .

The look on Neil’s face when his jerry-rigged hamster ball actually allowed them to roll around the camp without popping on anything, even Nurf’s knives, was priceless. And so was Nikki’s war cry that sounded like an Indian from one of those old racist Westerns, which she reserved for explosions big enough to singe off their eyebrows.

But they didn’t want to do anything like that today. They wanted to just . . . what, enjoy themselves? In this pathetic soon-to-be-abandoned-and-bankrupt pile of junk?

And he was supposed to just go along with that?

Why the fuck would he?

They could hang out without him, they did it all the time. When he was busy . . .

Hating things, usually.

“Okay, fine,” he finally said, letting out a long, beleaguered sigh like they were being too annoying for words. (What? Sometimes being dramatic was fun too.) “I’ll do things your way for an hour. And if it still sucks, we break something. Like David’s legs.”

He wasn’t surprised by the way either of them smiled; after the entire summer he’d gotten very used to both of them. Nikki’s grin, so wide it was almost scary, with a tooth that got chipped during Fighting Camp and another one she lost a few weeks ago (then immediately swallowed to see if the tooth fairy would come into her stomach after it), the way she tilted her head like an excited puppy: same angle, same direction, every single time. Neil’s tiny, shy of his barely-crooked teeth, the way his gaze would land somewhere in the vicinity of Max’s face but never actually his eyes -- forehead, nose, for some reason his left ear (but never the right) -- before flicking down to stare at his dorky T-Rex hands, which he’d twist together until every finger-joint cracked, this teeny little divot in his right cheek that only showed up when he laughed, too small to even put a pinky in.

Max hated people smiling, especially smiling at him . But he didn’t totally mind with Neil or Nikki; they were his best friends, maybe his only friends. It’d be weird if they were frowning at him all the time.

“Come on then, sourpiss!” Nikki cried, taking one of his hands and gesturing for Neil to grab the other.

“Sour puss ,” he corrected, his fingers briefly settling on Max’s wrist, elbow, and forearm before closing tight around a handful of his sleeve.

Max let himself be dragged forward, wincing at the sticky caramel still on Nikki’s hand. “I’m not gonna run away,” he whined, scuffing his toes along the ground before remembering that he liked these sneakers. “You don’t have to --”

“Our way,” she reminded him, breaking into a half-skip, half-run that left Max and Neil stumbling to keep up. “Oooh, look! Flowers!”

“We aren’t seriously stopping and smelling flowers right now, are we?” Max demanded, almost overcome by the lameness of it.

Neil just shrugged, ducking away from a bee that zoomed out of the nearest one. “Our way, Max.”

He sighed and breathed in a lungful of pollen. “Yeah, yeah,” he managed between coughs. “But just for an hour.”

“It’s gonna be a rose, but like . . . a black one. With thorns. And it’ll say ‘Too Cool’ underneath. Maybe in the vines or something.”

“Wow, Ered!” Nikki said, leaning against the rickety wooden railing that was keeping them from falling off the long line up to the tallest slide. “Your dads will let you do that when you’re sixteen?”

She tossed her hair. “Totally.” She turned to Max and Neil. “You gonna get a tattoo?”

“Yeah, I’m gonna get ‘None of your fucking business’ on my forehead.”

Nikki pouted, shooting Ered an apologetic look. “Max, our way!”

“It’s been way over an hour,” he said. His hair and sweatshirt -- which he still refused to take off, though he did dump everything inside into David’s backpack -- were soaked and beginning to steam under the sun, and he pulled his hood over his eyes and rested his head on Neil’s shoulder. “Wake me up when we get to the top.”

His friends were quiet, Ered having turned her attention to a surprisingly impassioned conversation with Nerris over the benefits of each class in DnD. After a moment Nikki said, “Well, the hour is over.”

“And he’s still here.” Neil smelled like sunscreen and chlorine, and his skin was burning warm like the sunburn he would inevitably still get. As a strong breeze shook the wooden tower they were standing on, a chill caused Max to lean more heavily into him for warmth and wind-blocking. (Not snuggling. Not even in the same neighborhood as snuggling.) “Better than I’d expected.”

He could hear Nikki’s smile. “Me too!” They shuffled forward, ignoring the alarming creak of the wood beneath them. “He’s a good friend, deep down.”

“Ehh, very deep down, I guess.”

“Oh yeah. Like, in his toes or something.”

“You know I can still hear you, right?” Max said without opening his eyes.

“Absolutely,” Neil replied.

“We were counting on it!” Nikki added brightly.

“Max!” They’d reached a bend in the line, and he realized with horror, opening his eyes, that they’d come into view of David, who was apparently accompanying Space Kid. Birds of an annoying, friendless feather . “I’m so happy to see you’re enjoying yourself! Isn’t it great having fun off the grid like this?” David’s voice was sincere, a little bit tearful, but with an underlying I told you so that made his blood boil.

Max turned to Nikki and Neil, who understood what he was thinking from his expression. “We’re not letting him get away with that, right?” he muttered.

“Of course not,” Neil said immediately, and Nikki nodded.

“Slide first, though,” she said, as though they were going to just leap off the side of the tower or something. (Which, considering her, couldn’t be ruled out.)

Max grinned, giving in to the oppressive sunshine and shrugging out of his hoodie. “Slide first,” he agreed. “Then we’re doing things my way.”

When I said “last day of summer camp” I meant for a makki fanfic lmao

oof. Well here you go *cough at like 2:45 in the morning cough*This is going to be the most wildest fic I’ll probably ever write. Maybe? Eh I dunno.***The sun rose gently over the tree tops to the camp. No one was awake. Everyone was asleep.Except for Nikki of course.She was sitting in the mess hall by herself while staring solemnly at the wall that held a calendar. It had the days marked off until one day was left.August 10th. The day right before they were sent off to school. Or the day where this hell hole of a camp ended and they were sent home.Nikki sighed, laying her head down on the table. “Today’s gonna be short.”Bang.The girl looked up quickly to see Max barge into the building with a giant smile on his face. “COFFEE. BLACK BROWN WHO GIVES A SHIT JUST GIVE ME COFFEE.” The Quartermaster appeared behind the counter where food was served, nodding before disappearing back around the corner.The boy was still smiling until he turned to see Nikki looking at him from a table. He jumped a bit, grabbing his chest in surprise.“NIKKI. What are you doing up so early?”“Because it’s the last day of campppp,” Nikki groaned, pulling her head up from the table. “And I don’t want summer to end.”Max came and sat beside her, sighing. “Nik, everything has to end. Even this hell hole. I’m honestly happy to be leaving this place.”“What?!”“I’ve hated this place from the start!” Max facepalmed. “Nikki the camp will still be here you know. Just come back next year.”Nikki stared at him. “ I’ll have to wait over 300 days.”“...well you have a point.”The Quartermaster came in between them suddenly, making them jump with gasps. “Coffee with sugar.”The old man walked off back to the kitchen, disappearing once again.“Y’know,” Nikki began, “even if i don’t want camp to end, I’m pretty sure I will not miss that.”Max nodded In agreement. “Yeah that’s literally—“The doors opened loudly again, making the pair start. Campers poured into the mess hall with frowns and bags under their eyes.Neil walked toward them and plopped down, banging his head on the table. “Dammit.”“Jesus everyone is looking half dead,” Max commented, flinching when Nerris fell over Harrison. “I mean... I know it’s the last day but jeez...”“Max you aren’t helping,” Neil retorted. “You’re the only one happy today.”Max nodded. “You’re not wrong. I mean... I get to get away from this shithole.”“Not the point.”***Max for once was surprised at how the camp counselors basically switched personalities. His eyes were twitching at the sight.Why the fuck is Gwen dancing and jumping around while David is being moody? It’s like a parallel universe.Nikki seemed to notice this too for her jaw was hanging open. “I’m not the only one seeing this right...?”“No Nikki,” Max responded just as mesmerized as her. “No you are not.”“What the fuck is happening?!” Neil exclaimed, throwing his hands out in front of him.“I GET TO LEAVE THIS FUCKING NIGHTMARE!” Gwen shouted, throwing her hands up in the air. “ITS A DREAM COME TRUE.”“It’s the last day of camp,” David muttered, holding a clipboard. “So there are last day of camp activities.”“WHATS ON THE LIST?!”David gave her the clipboard. “You take care of that.”Gwen threw the clipboard instead. “DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT.”Nikki watched at the clipboard flew over her head. “What is happening...”“This happened last year,” Max stated, shrugging. “It’s still gets to me though.”“Who wouldn’t it get to?” Neil commented. “Nobody has—“ the boy looked around to see the campers doing whatever they wanted. “never mind. Well if you don’t mind me, I’ll be being a nerd at science camp.”Max and Nikki watched as Neil sped off to the said place, blinking.“Okay what do you want to do, Max?” He yawned. “You can probably work on the last day act while I—““LAST DAY ACT?!” Nikki jumped excitedly, her pigtails bouncing. “THAT SOUNDS FUN!”“Yeah sure it does now—““C’MON!” Nikki grasped his his wrist and pulled him away from his spot, dragging him.***“Why are we here?” Max grumbled, sitting beside a bush near a hill. “There’s literally no fucking reason.”“There is actually!” Nikki grinned. “Do you have any talents? Show off talents?!”“You sound like David and not any I feel like showing.”“Then I’ll have to guess them!”“You’ll have to do What now?”Nikki raised her index finger with a smug grin on her face. “I’ll guess them!”Max laid down on the grass. “Yeah I’m still not going to tell you.”“Singing?”“Eh.”“Dancing?”“Nope.”“Instrument?”“You’re getting somewhere.”“Uh... triangle.”“No.”“Drums?”“Insulting.”Nikki tapped her chin. “Uh... trumpet?”“No.”“Viola...”“Close.”“VIOLIN!”“Yeah.”Nikki jumped up in awe. “You can play the violin?!”“Yes I can but don’t tell anyone.” “Can you play—“Max sat up quickly, cutting her off. “If you’re asking me if I can play for the camp the answer is hell fucking no. It’s not even that I don’t want to play I don’t want to play for them.”“Then who will you play for?”“No one,” Max laid back down. “No one at all.”Nikki ran back to camp quickly, Max not noticing. Then she came back holding an instrument. “Hey Max I found your violin.”The boy jumped up quickly and snatched the case from her. “The hell did you find this.”“Under your bed.”“I’m not playing for you.”Nikki gave her puppy pot, something she used on Max and only Max because it would only work on him.“Goddammit no Nik not even the pout will work.”“PWEASE?”“No.”Nikki sighed. “Fine.”***“Where have you guys been?” Neil asked, looking at Nikki as she jumped here and there to make sure Neil didn’t see Max what so ever.“In the trees,” Nikki responded. Neil grew a malevolent smile. “Were you guys making out?”“NEIL THATS DISGUSTING!”“Hehe sorry. But Nikki,” Neil turned back to his table. “Harrison told Nerris, like in front of everyone.”“What?”Neil sighed. “That he liked liked her. Last day of camp no regrets.”Nikki gasped. “How did she respond?!”“She hugged him and ran off. That was the funniest shit I’ve ever seen. Dolph And Ered are next. I can bet ten dollars.”“I don’t need to give up money when that’s going to happen,” Nikki shamed. “Besides, what makes you think I like like Max? That’s weird.”“I never said that you like like Max.” Neil grew that smug grin. “I asked if you guys were—“Nikki waved her hand to stop. “Okay you caught me big deal that doesn’t mean anything. Why are you telling me this stuff anyway?”“Because I’m saying you should tell Max too.”“Neil I though you weren’t a romantic.” “I’m not. I just like to blackmail people unless they tell someone what’s going on ha. But I won’t blackmail you. Just yet.”Nikki sighed, looking behind her. David was walking slumped over with Gwen hopping around him like a kangaroo. It was funny actually.And sad. And weird. Mostly weird but yeah.***The sun was descending, ending the campers days. The Quartermaster pulled up a bus and boarded the campers, getting them into their seats.The ride was silent. No conversation at all. Just the sound of the tires on the road and the buses doors creaking open to release the campers.Neil was the next stop, getting up with a quick goodbye to Nikki and Max before walking off the bus.Nikki’s stop was next. She got up and turned to Max. “I have to tell you something.”The bus filled with tension quickly, making the girl feel trapped.“What is it?” He asked, blinking.* “Because I’m saying you should tell Max too.”* Nikki shook Neil’a voice out of her head. She didn’t need that right now.‘You’re going to tell him...’ Nikki thought with determination.She looked at him, his face confused and impatient. He didn’t seem like the type to except something like what she wanted to say so easily.She sighed. “I hope next year you’ll play your violin.”Max blinked as Nikki waved goodbye. He called her name but she was already off the bus so she couldn’t turn around and see what he was to say.The bus drove off in a gust of wind behind her, leaving her coughing.‘Dang it Nikki!’ The girl grabbed one lock of her head and pulled it gently while walking up to her house. ‘Why didn’t you tell him the truth?!’***THE TRUTH HURTS.IM ALSO SORRY IT TURNED OUT THIS WAY ITS 4 IN THE MORNING ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

Everyone on the wagon? Because here I go!

Actually it’s hard to connect what I have planned for this story while filling all this empty spaces.

Wish I could write a slow burn fanfiction from it… around forty or so chapters.

Anyhoo (with not too many pictures, sorry!)

Part 1 here

Adult!Maxvid!AU – Part 3 (choo choo!)

Second meeting wasn’t so bad. Max was still stressed, but he managed to more over talk with David, so he was like happy?

(Good for you Max btw)

The rest of the week passed normally for Max. He went out for drinks on Friday with friends. The weekend was spent playing video games, learning with Nikki and skyping with Neil.

Another week passed normally with Max picking up Little Star (I really should give her name… any ideas?) and ‘accidentally’ meeting David.

Max would deny it till his death, but those meetings were the brightest parts of his days.

Plus David always looked so happy to see him, so it was a giant pro. He often asked Max about his life, school and if he still had contact with other campers. He was totally pleased when he found out that Max was still in touch with all the people from his first camp.

Nikki still teased Max about the meetings.

Scene#7

“Hey, can I visit David once with you?”

“Why?”

“’Cause I want to see him too, duh?” Nikki rolled her eyes. Which looked even weirder, because she was staring at Max while hanging upside down.

“No way.” Max said, this time not glancing up from the book he had on his lap.

“Why not?”

“Because?” Yeah, why? Why exactly not? “Because this way David will find out I’m talking about him with you guys…”

“But you are doing it.”

“He doesn’t need to know it, neither he need a prove in form of a living human being.”

“Boo!” Nikki made a tube from her hands and shouted in the direction of the blackhaired male. “Then why won’t we all go somewhere together?”

“Like where?”

“I don’t know, some bar? I want to hear what happened to the Camp after we left. Is he still a counselor there? Is he still in touch with Gwen? Is he still playing guitar? When did he learn sign language? Is Muack still at Camp Campbell? Argh, I have so many questions!”

Nikki looked honestly…. Honestly interested in all of these things she listed. And Max felt almost (key word – almost) bad that he was so quick to decline her proposition to take her to the kindergarten.

They talked a little bit more and when there was time for Max to get to his room, before he closed the door, he murmured to her.

“I’ll ask him about the meeting…”

And then he quickly closed the door, because fuck, he was bad at being nice.

But he missed Nikki grinning broadly.

However

Easier said than done actually

During the next meeting Max and David talked a little bit more, but Max couldn’t muster himself to ask for a meeting.

Nikki laughed at him for that.

When it happened for the second time, she still laughed.

On the third try she started to be concerned.

And on the fourth she finally burst out.

“Oh my fucking god! Maxwell Jonathan Marshall if you don’t ask David for a meeting next time, I swear I’ll go to him and tell that you have a crush on him.”

“You wouldn’t dare!?”

“Try me!”

She wouldn’t do it, but Max didn’t want to check it anyway.

So boom, another meeting, and Max was a nervous mess inside. Like holy shit. Help him.

He was also pissed at himself, because no one other than his dumb crush can make him feel like that.

Fuck David.

You want that, right?

Shut up, me.

By the time David came over with Little Star, Max honestly felt like the butterflies inside his stomach had some kind of a fight club.

But the Nikki’s threat hung above his head.

Do it

Do it

DO IT

“David…”

“Yes, Max?”

“Do you want to… hang out? Like I don’t know, go drinking in the evening or something like that? Nikki wouldn’t stop bugging me to meet you and I think Neil would want to do it too…”

David looked at him and then his fucking eyes got so big and so sparkly that Max felt like he could get blind by the pure light emanating from them.

“Oh Max, that would be so cool!” David said, clasping his hands together. Some behaviors from kids couldn’t be unlearned so easily. But then the everlasting smile faltered for a second. “But I don’t drink any alcohol before working days... Will it be a problem?”

“No. Not at all. We can even arrange a meeting on Friday, if you want-”

“Oh my gosh, that would be so awesome!” Seriously, David looked totally enamored by the idea of some meeting. “Wait, I’ll give you my number so we can talk more about it!”

What

The

FCUK

David’s phone number? In his own hand? Did he somehow reach ascension?!

“Thanks…”

He wanted to say something more than a simple ‘thanks’, but then another kid appeared behind David and tugged hard on his shirt with mouth forming a thin, desperate line. It took one glance down for David to smile sadly at Max.

“Call me if you establish something with Nikki and the rest!” He said, already moving after the kid into the kindergarten.

Max didn’t answer, simply because he was still processing what he had in his hands.

Nikki was actually waiting in front of his door to ask about the meeting.

Max just flashed the paper in front of her eyes with proud smirk playing on his lips.

She squealed and stole the paper away.

Max gladly already had the phone in his contact list.

“So when we’re all meeting?”

“I don’t know? He says he doesn’t drink during working days.”

“Huh, lame.”

“Well, he works with children. He can’t go to work hungover.”

“Oh, yeah, right, that makes more sense actually. Soo… Saturday?”

“Works for me.” Max said, trying hard to sound as uninterested as he could. Judging by Nikki’s evil smirk, he failed miserably. Or simply because she knew the truth. “Shouldn’t we ask Neil first, if he wants to go too?”

“Oh, good thinking.” Nikki nodded, already pulling out her phone. “Oh, maybe I should call Ered too! You can message Preston and ask if he has some time to also come!”

“Are we making this some sort of Camp Camp’s reunion?”

“Camp Camp? Pfff… hell yeah, we do!”

And the plan was put into motion.

By the way it was Thursday, so they still had some time.

Neil said that he could move a meeting to other day, so he would come. Tick, one person on the list. He also said, that he can bring Space Kid (they didn’t stop calling him that).

Ered unfortunately couldn’t go, but she gave them number to Dolph. He said that he will be there.

Preston said very dramatically that it had been too long since he had seen their miserable faces.

Harrison had some performance, but Nerris said that she will appear (they are together!!)

Nurf said that he couldn’t go because he had to take care of his mother.

Which left the last guest under question mark.

“You still didn’t ask David if he is coming?!”

“No?”

Nikki facepalmed.

“Dude, not cool. If you don’t do it till tomorrow morning, I will-“

This time it wasn’t a threat underlined with spilling his secret, but with the snake too close to Max’s face.

The snake, which now was two centimeters away from his skin, stuck out his tongue and licked the air. Brrr….

“Okay, okay, I’ll do it! Sheesh.” Max said, stepping away to be at safe distance. God. “I’ll do it today!”

“Great!”

He did it that day, two hours later, which he had spent just staring at his phone and thinking about how he should start.

Then Max finally wrote the message

hey it’s max here. do you have some free time on saturday?? me Nikki and few other old campers want to hang out

The stress that was tugging on his chest disappeared, only to hit him back like a fucking train when David replied after two minutes. What the fuck.

Hey, Max! :):):) Sure I have!! Oh, who will be coming!? :):)

Fuck, so many smiley faces. It kinda hurt Max’s eyes, but it fitted David, both in the same time?

But when Max was in the middle of responding, David wrote once again.

Can I bring Gwen with me!?! :O She will be delighted to see all of you! :):)

Gwen? They were still in contact?

sure. from what I know there should be me, nikki, neil, spacekid, nerris, dolph and drama boi

OMG I’m so excited to see all of you!!!!! :):):):):)

So many smiling faces!

So Max changed David’s name to “Smiley face”

Gwen, by the way, had been informed about Max since the very first day.

A little bit of flashback

“Gwen, you wouldn’t believe who I met today at the kindergarten?!” David’s cheerful voice rang inside her ears.

Gwen sighed, brushing her hair with much needed force to comb through the hair spray put onto it. She was exhausted, hungry and not in good mood for David’s games.

“Who?” She asked.

“Aww, Gwen you have to guess!”

God, why was she still hanging around this guy. Oh yeah, best-friends or some shit like that.

“Gee I don’t know… That guy from the pizza bar from a year ago?”

“What? No. Not Michael.” Seriously, did David still remember his name? “Max, I met Max!”

Max, wait, like….

“Like the Max from our shitty camp? The biggest asshole that ground had seen.” Gwen stopped moving the comb, which stayed upright in her hair.

“Aww Gwen, it’s not nice.” David on the other side of the phone sighed. “But yeah, that Max.”

“Oh… Wait, what the fuck he was doing there?”

“Picking up his little cousin and language, Gwen!”

Gwen doesn’t live that far away from David.

She works as a secretary in some company.

Returning to the main story

Gwen, do you have anything planned for Saturday? :):)

No, why do you ask

Because we are going out for a reunion! :):):):):)

David sent like five smiling faces. He had to be really happy about it.

What reunion?

Camp Campbell’s reunion :):):):):)

Wanted to write more but… meh.

Oh yeah, random Max full name!

I’m actually working on full NSFW scene that will happen in… probably part 5? I guess? I’m not sure. Anyhoo, stay tuned for next parts!

And keep safe!

wine beer>

Random picture of Gwen

Random picture of Nikki and Max staring at his old Camp Camp’s shirt

Nerris’ Friendship Headcanon

Well I hold Nerris in my heart so I made a friendship Headcanon. (No hate to Harrison he’s still cool cool)

- When you first meet Nerris it’s when you come in with David and the trio.

- Seeing her rolling her d20 you walked up asking if she played dnd.(or pnp cuz brand names tv stuff)

- Her face brightened instantly.

- With both of you enjoying the same things you two clicked fast.

- Only you are allowed inside her castle without permission.

- She doesn’t have to play with just stuffed animals anymore.

- She’s even more surprised you’re not teasing her because of the animals.

- Every time Harrison tries shaming either of you, the other pulls a prank on him.

- Figuring out his breakfast schedule you made sure everyone was there when muddy water was dumped on him, he later had to clean said mess with his toothbrush.

- Nerris sneaked over a dozen poppers into his tent to scare him.

- Makes a Fuck Harrison squad with Nerris and Neil.

- Both of you beg the counselors to be in the same tent together.

- Though you guys usually fall asleep in the castle, mid or after rp.

- Anyone who tries to duck into your rp’s or regular chats gets quickly confused with all your inside jokes.

- During Ered’s dance party you two were dabbing so hard.

- Your rp can get out of hands at times but both of you enjoy being extra. Such as doing the whole Neil act for some dice (but waaay more extra)

-  Sometimes you guys are gone for hours rping in the forest or just hanging out.

- The Critical Role Jokes Oml.

- You guys are never seen without the other somewhere close.

- She even helps you make an rp outfit for you

- You two burst into character at any time to make an adventure, like jumping on the table and running off to fight bugbears that are trying to take over the camp.

- You are each others mediator when it comes to anything that troubles you guys.

- Even when the summer ends, you two are close, always texting and making plans for hanging out at the library.

- In a box you keep the outfit, time to time wearing it for fun or when you feel sad.

- When summer comes back you two are happier than David in Camp Campbell.

(oml i’m bad at this, no hate to Harrison for fans of him.)