Cameron growled lowly and shut the book without remarking his spot and stood from his chair, looming over the pair of women with his height and frame. His jowls were quivering and he had a sharp gleam of anger in his eyes. He pushed past the pair, his long cloak waving at his calves as he walked from the room and slammed the door, prickling with anger. He yanked open the window from which he came and swung out of it and onto the roof, where he lept onto an AC unit and sat to read.
"Or a dude. Literally anyone to look after our emo muffin." Sol might not have seemed like it, but she really did care for everyone in the room including Cameron. She looked back to the game. "See, I can change his sexuality. I set it to bi, but Vanessa happened to be perfect." She saw him leave the room. "So emo."
"Oh come ooooooon." Luca said as Cam stormed out of the room. "I'm only teasing!" She frowned, a sharp pain in her chest at the rejection of her attention. She stood still for a moment, unsure of how to process the strange emotion, for once looking like the 21 year old that she was. She cared, really cared, but how to approach someone that was so used to pushing people away?
Cameron gave a deep sigh and took the book back out from his cloak. The pair of vivacious women were getting more annoying and annoying by the day. Perhaps it was just him? Was he getting too old? Maybe he was used to the C.A.s rather than this group. Thinking of the C.A.s gave him an aching feeling in his chest. He squeezed the book in his hands, inhaling sharply and shutting his eyes. The C.A.s needed him to be strong. He had to step in for… He shook his head.
He couldn’t think about it without wanting to burst into tears like a child.
"Did we push him too far? Shit, we probably did. Now I feel terrible. I really am shit with boundaries." Tears pricked at Sol's eyes. She hated whenever she did something to hurt a friend, even if on accident. It brought a lot of self loathing every time she did. She blinked repeatedly until her tears successfully went away.
Luca shook herself, dismissing the awkward feelings deep in her chest. Her face settled into a disinterested mask.
"Meh," she said glancing over her shoulder at Sol. "You know Cam, he has his moments. I'm sure he will be fine and come back to being our lovable grump when he is ready." She waved a hand dismissing the issue despite the fact that she felt nothing of the sort.
Cameron chewed on his lip and shut his eyes, inhaling slowly. The AC unit kicked on. It fluttered up his new cloak. It was previously to his elbows, but he had lengthened it down to his calves. And instead of soft streaks of brown in a blacksplash of black, it was littered in firefly-like yellow spots, and deep, dark lines of blue with the same streaks of brown, and backsplash of black.
(I just thought of a super cool side quest for Cam, so I’m sorry if it’s a bit controlling. I can put a stopper on it if any of you dislike it.)
(Would you mind telling me about it? Or pm-ing me? Sorry to be controlling I just like having an idea of whats going on)
(Yeah yea let me PM you)
By now, all the candy Lane had eaten… Had caught up to him, he was asleep on his laptop keyboard.
(Bumping this cuz bleh)
"His skull is so thick you can't get anything through it, in or out." Sol sighed and went back into her seat and glanced at Lane. "You really are a child, aren't you?" She asked the sleeping man.
(oh wait I forgot I was gonna time skip to the meeting today. is that okay with everyone or would anyone rather keep doing this and wait?)
(I don’t care. I kinda want Luca (honestly anyone) to go up after Cam but it’s not my RP 🤷🏻♀️)
I'm only on my phone for rn, so my replies will be pretty short//
I don't mind, but it would be nice if someone went after Cam but idk))
(sorry guys! I had a hectic weekend. D: But I'm picking up a subtle hint someone should go after Cam. One moment please!)
(One)
Yeet//
Even though Luca had sat back down with her laptop and was furiously typing away at something, her gaze was distant, distracted. Her mind lingered on the man that had stormed out. Something about the way he had brushed them off had been odd, out of character even for his usual grumpiness. Her gaze flicked up to the window yet again. She sighed placing her laptop aside and allowing curiosity, along with another emotion she refused to name, to get the better of her.
Luca stalked to the window on silent feet before easily navigating her way up onto the roof with a few flips and stretches. She saw him sitting a bit away and moved to sit at the base of the AC unit he was perched on. She didn't face him, or really acknowledge him other than a slight nod after meeting his dark eyes, just sat facing the sprawling city. He knew she was there, and he would talk when he was ready.
Cameron didn’t acknowledge Luca’s gaze. He shifted his legs closer to his chest and set his chin on his knees, sighing deeply. He shut his eyes, trying to push himself back in time. To when his friend was still alive and willing. Something didn’t let him. It just jousted at him.
He’s dead! You can’t do anything about it!
He opened his eyes again and took in a shaky breath.
Luca remained sitting, the sunlight catching the golden strands in her hair. "What's on your mind, Cam?" She asked, her voice barely loud enough to be heard over the machines around them, and for once not full of flirtatious seduction.
Can I join?? I can be like a weapons maker and make like tiny cameras, spy weapons, etc??))
Cameron shook his head a little. “No. Nothing’s on my mind.” He curled up tighter into himself, sighing softly as the AC unit shut off again. His cloak fell gently to his sides.
Can I join?? I can be like a weapons maker and make like tiny cameras, spy weapons, etc??))
((Moxie will have to come back to accept you, darlin))
Luca tilted her head back to look up at Cam, she could only see his feet and legs from this vantage point but she still addressed him. "Of course not. You're just brooding up here like Batman for no reason?" She smiled softly even though she knew he couldn't see it.