𝕊𝕖𝕟𝕕 💗 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕪 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕦𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕘𝕠

@suckadiick​ 🏕  🄼 🄰 🅇

^{David    was     a}     TAD     ^{startled     when     he     felt     someone     latch     onto    him,    burying    their    face     in    his     back     and    making     him    pausing     in     his}     ｐｒｅｐａｒａｔｉｏｎ     ^{for    an     activity     the     following     day} . ^{He     had    been     pretty}    SURE     ^{he’d     sent    all    of     the     campers     to    bed     a    while     ago     and     to     have     someone    up    and     about    now     was}     ｃｏｎｃｅｒｎｉｎｇ     ^{in     itself,     even     without     the     added     worry    of    having     one     of    them}     HUG     ^{him     of     their     own}     ｖｏｌｉｔｉｏｎ .

^{It     was     Max    and    for    a    brief    moment,    his    expression    took     on    further    confusion,    but    he    quickly}    CHASED     ^{that    away} . ^{There    would     be    plenty    of     time    for    questions     later} . ^{David    managed     to    wiggle    his    way    to     face     the     kid    and    kneel    down     on    his    level,     pulling     Max     in    to     hug    him}     ｐｒｏｐｅｒｌｙ . ^{Max    was    holding    on    tightly} - ^Perhaps     too     ^tightly . ^{Jeez,     this    kid    was    gonna    end    up}     CRUSHING     ^{him,     at    this    rate} - ^{and     David     responded     in    kind,    trying      to     reassure     the    other    through     the}    ｅｍｂｒａｃｅ     ^{that     he    was}     here     ^{and    whatever     it    was    that    was     putting    Max     through    this    kind    of    turmoil     would    have    to     answer     to}     HIM .

❝ _Max, ❞ ^{David    mumbled,    softly,    into     his    hair     after     a    few    moments     of    letting    the    boy     just    have}    THIS . ^{There    was     a    slightly    tired    edge    to    his    voice     from    how     late     it     was     already     getting     to    be,    but     the    counselor    wouldn’t    have     thought    to     head     to    bed    until     he    knew    his    camper    was    feeling}    ｂｅｔｔｅｒ . ❝ _{What’s the matter}? ^{Do you want to} TALK ^{about it} ? ❞