Earwig Campfire | Saturday Night

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If there was something Dimitri was good at when it came to camping, it was building a decent fire. He could even manage the part about sitting and staring at the fire while his mind churned through all the things he wasn't supposed to be worrying about. It wasn't emo, guardians didn't get emo, it was more an unfortunate awareness.

Clearly this was why God invented campfire food. And why Dimitri had gathered a pile of sticks and a bag of marshmallows.

In a week everything would be different. Back to a normal he didn't want to remember where his heightened senses would be of better use than determining just when his marshmallow was cooked to perfection. And a normal where he wouldn't allow himself to remember where he'd learned this particular method of burning marshmallows.

Dimitri sniffed the air. Acquired tastes be damned, his marshmallow was burnt as hell.

[Open like a campfire!]

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Like Rose wasn't going to figure out which cabin Dimitri was in after his little dodge around the question the other night.

She smirked as she found the little campfire (what a shock, Dimitri was playing with fire). "Thought marshmallows were gross," she called out as she wandered up.

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Cally sat down at the campfire, Nicky held tightly in her arms. He definitely wasn't going to be let to crawl around near the fire.

"You know, I really didn't miss this sort of thing," she remarked, to no one in particular.

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"They are," Dimitri confirmed, raising an eyebrow at her appearance. "What are you doing down here?" He simply hadn't expected her, given what he'd said the other night.

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"Not a fan of camping with air conditioning?" Dimitri asked, smiling a little at the small child. Maybe he liked watching the fire, too.

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She tossed her hair back over her shoulder. "I like campfires."

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"At least it's cabins and not tents," Cally said.

Nicky himself was amazingly quiet. He might have been a wee bit sleepy. Give him time and he'll probably be crying to go to bed soon.

"I guess I just got used to having a private room again."

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"So you've said," he replied, watching the firelight reflect off her hair. "Feel like a marshmallow?"

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"Now that I can agree with you on," Dimitri realized. "I'm surprised the students don't take issue with this alcove situation when they're out here for half the summer." He was surprised Rose hadn't bitched more.

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"Do you have chocolate too?" she checked, stopping a slight distance away to eye him.

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"Well, they mostly all have roommates, normally," Cally said. "At least, that's what I had when I went to school here. A series of wacky misadventures of living with various people. Including moving in with a boyfriend which is not a good idea when you're still a teenager."

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"No," Dimitri shook his head. "I was exactly expecting company."

After radio, he should have known better.

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"Well that was silly," she teased. "But you got marshmallows, huh?"

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Rose gave the new chick a wave. "Want me to make your baby a marshmallow?" she offered.

It was possible that he was too young for such things. She had no idea.

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"I can't imagine it's a good idea at many points in life," Dimitri considered, totally not thinking of himself. At all. "But then, I've enjoyed my roommate experience at MCA."

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Dimitri shrugged at her. "I remembered that part."

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"Start making me a marshmallow please?" Rose asked sweetly before she turned on her heel to go find some chocolate and graham crackers in the cabin. What? They were always in the cupboards somewhere.

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Cally shook her head. "Thanks, but he's not ready for that yet. Plus I don't want to hop him up on sugar when he should be going to bed soon."

Nicky himself started gnawing on his own fingers, drool dribbling down his hand.

"And I think he's okay with trying to be a self cannibal."

Sometimes, Cally wondered if her son had inherited the brains of his father.

That wouldn't be a good thing.

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"Okay..." Dimitri said, hearing her leave as he speared a marshmallow and stuck it in the fire. It was almost sad how completely not-awkward he felt, hanging out with her even there.

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"Maybe fingers taste good if you're a baby," Rose suggested dubiously.

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She came back quickly, carrying a few bars of chocolate and a box of graham crackers. "Now we have chocolate," she announced, sliding onto log next to him and ending up very, very close.

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It was too hot in front of the fire for that second very, but Dimitri still looped his arm around her waist, leaning in to see her loot. "It should worry me you knew exactly where to find those."

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"True," Cally said. "Not like I remember what it was like when I was this young."

She started cooing a little at her child. "Come on, wave at the nice girl, Nicky."

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Watch how much Rose didn't care about that second very or the heat. As pathetic as it was, she really just wanted to be close to him. "Why? I lived in these cabins for three months over the past year. You'd be disappointed if I didn't."

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"Me neither," she agreed. "I've never really known anyone that little either so I'll take your word for it whatever you say." She grinned a little at the kid and waved. "Is Nicky a boy name or girl?"

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"Instead I choose to be impressed by your gathering skills." He turned her marshmallow in the fire, trying to get it black like he knew she liked.