#auctober challenge

[nostalgic-woodwind]

Auctober Month: Day 8 (Diverse)

*I skipped Day 7 (Hyperfocus) because I’m not sure when I hyperfocused on something to be honest. I remember using my special interests in my art projects in college (e.g. making a TV guide for a self-promotion project), but I don’t know if that counts*

One thing that I love about cartoons is that they are stepping up in representation and diversity, especially in the autistic community. Here are a few of my favorite canonically autistic characters.

From left to right: Norma Khan (Dead End: Paranormal Park), Carl Gould (Arthur), Max (Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood)

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Auctober Challenge hosted by @autiebiographical

[lelliefishart]

One of my #Auctobre pieces for October 2022

[cloverandcrossbones]

Autober: Autism pride and awareness challenge

Day 1: Stimming

Idk if I've started allowing myself to stim more since discovering my autism or if I'm just identifying them specifically as "stims" now and not habits, personal quirks, or nervous ticks like I probably used to!

Some stims are happy stims where I'm just so full of glee I can't keep still! Others are self soothing stims that calm me down when I'm nervous or upset. And some are stress stims when I am so full of bad feelings that I just have to Get. It. All. Out.

My stims:

Rocking/swaying: I sway side to side when I'm happy or eating good food, I rock back and forth when I'm anxious or overwhelmed

Happy feet tapping: usually I just tap the front of my feet up and down but when I'm really pleased (and lying down) I rock one or both feet back and forth from the ankles like a metronome (or a dog wagging its tail) I also like rubbing my feet against fun textures like soft blankets, sheets, or rugs that I like the feel of.

Leg bouncing: a classic. Helps me focus, prevents my leg muscles from falling asleep and helps with nerves. Fairly acceptable since neurotypicals so it too, but that also means it's frowned upon since they see it as just a bad habit.

Rapidly opening and closing my hands: I often alternate between having my thumb inside or outside of the fist each time. Kinda looks like I am making a poor attempt at sign language hand spelling...

Shake it off: letting my hands go limp at the wrists and then aggressively shaking them like when your hand gets sore from writing for a long time. Kind of like traditional flapping but side to side instead of up and down. I don't flap up and down as often.

Closing my fists and rotating them at the wrist: I've noticed a lot of neurotylical people do this one too when they're excited or looking at something cute! I think my threshold for excitement is lower for this stim than NT ppl though. I think this one is less noticeable than the shaking/flapping ones so I didn't register it as a stim at first.

Wiping hands/rubbing thumb across finger tips: kind of like when u get crumbs on ur fingers and are swiping them off. I do do this for crumbs but also after touching bad textures or trying to get a bad thought out of my head.

Thigh pushing: I do this when I'm very stressed, having or fighting off a meltdown or panic attack. I drive the heels of my palms into my thighs and pushing them along the length of my thighs (kind of like u might give a deep leg massage?). It provides good pressure for grounding myself and I can really dig my frustration into it without really hurting myself. It's better than digging my nails into my arms or pulling my hair like I used to do. This is usually paired with rocking back and forth.

Lip biting/chewing: trying to stop this one! It's bad for the obvious reasons that it's a damaging stim but also because I get cold sores so I have one spot on my lip that if I break it open it releases the virus cells and turns into a cold sore :( that sucks! If anyone has tips for avoiding this stim let me know!

Skin picking: like the lip biting I do this when I'm nervous or if there are textures on my skin bothering me. I've been wearing pimple patches over textured places so I can't feel them or pick at them.

Do you do any of these? Reblog with the stims we share (in post or tags) or make your own post to participate in Auctober!

[artofthewilde]

I posted 7 times in 2022

That's 5 more posts than 2021!

4 posts created (57%)

3 posts reblogged (43%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@faersflower

@blushnik

@daltheznadofart

I tagged 3 of my posts in 2022

#digital art - 2 posts

#artists on tumblr - 2 posts

#ocauctober - 1 post

#traditional art - 1 post

#art - 1 post

#original character - 1 post

#oc art prompt - 1 post

#oc artist - 1 post

#drawing challenge - 1 post

#au prompt - 1 post

Longest Tag: 21 characters

#october art challenge

My Top Posts in 2022:

#4

Hey, I’m way more active on Twitter than I am here! Highly recommend following there if you like my work!

https://www.twitter.com/artofthewilde

0 notes - Posted August 24, 2022

#3

Yes I have a problem with drawing my hot OCs what of it 🖤

Art VS Artist 2022

1 note - Posted December 10, 2022

#2

Draw AU versions of your OCs! Do as few or as many prompts as you want, change up the order (I don’t have the energy to organize them lol), go crazy. Working title/tag is #ocAUctober because I’m bad at naming things and didn’t realize “auctober”was already taken on Twitter lol

12 notes - Posted October 1, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Have a lil teaser of a project I’ve been working on, while I re-set up my socials so I can hopefully be more active on them!

12 notes - Posted May 5, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[toothcup-week]

I've been very silent because Toothcup Week hasn't started yet, but that doesn't mean that this challenge isn't on my mind.

I've been thinking about the Toothcup AU Week, because I do want to organize this week, I just don't know when.

But I might have two suggestions.

October: Toothcup AUctober Week (suggested by @10blue10)

February: Toothcup FebrAUry Week (because of Hiccup's birthday) (yes I am aware that it's atrociously named, but I lowkey love it)

Both options would take place a month after a vacation.

Let me know what you think!

[moki-the-lettuce]

AUctober 2021

Day 6: Shattered Dream

What a nightmare! @shattereddreamsau by Galacii Ccino by @black-nyanko

[tzufcallsmeshomps]

Max in KH!

[purpledumass]

guess who's not late at inktober this time ? meeeeeee I - didn't finish it yet, so here's the whip. (I'm mixing AUCTOBER season 1 and 2 'cause i missed last year, and the first two so happened to be a ship i love, sooo

nOW don't be coming after me !! But yeah, uh, they belong to their rightful owners i'll do the proper things when i'm finished haha

[unknown1315]

Happy birthday Cross, 10/10!!! AUctober season 1 day 10. AUctober by moki-the-lettuce

[iced-souls]

This weeks school sketches

[solangelover]

Hello I have lost motivation to write please help

Also, if anyone has ideas for a Halloween AU PLEASE LET ME KNOW cuz I have none

[nostalgic-woodwind]

Auctober Month: Day 9 (Comfort Food)

Here are my six comfort foods that I will never grow tired of.

My recent comfort food is chocolate chip pancakes (bottom right) because BoJack Horseman told me to get some and now I absolutely love them!

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Auctober Challenge hosted by @autiebiographical

[solange-lol]

hiii in celebration of AUctober, what are some of your fav solangelo AUs?

Anonymous said to solange-lol:

Hi! Kinda a random question: do you have any favorite riordanverse fanfics that you’d suggest reading? I’m looking for ones to read, but I’ve been having trouble finding new ones! Thanks!

rec list #1 | rec list #2

all recs can be found under the tag ‘lizs solangelo fic recs’ on my blog!

technically its past auctober now, but better late then never to drop my third solangelo rec list!! especially considering the state of the world rn ... lets just say its a celebration of me actually participating in sw for the first time in a while

rec under cut as always!! its not all aus but its the count that thots

Find Another Place to Stay by @unwieldyink

personally i think breakup fics are incredibly underrated, and i also think annie is incredibly underrated, so enjoy ur little cry if you read this one (tw // violence in this one)

Hershey’s kiss by @unwieldyink

we love a godswap!! it’s actually been a while since ive read this one and i reread this while making this rec list and can i just say that zeus!nico and hermes!will are both such valid concepts and this just has a rly good dynamic to it

Actors by @buoyantsaturn

i could talk about this fic for hours but lets just say ao3 has told me ive visted this fic 40 times. im not kidding. fake dating is just a godtier trope

start of something new by jinniefic

if you know me, you know that i fricken LOVE high school musical, and this is literally just the start of the first movie but solangelo and honestly a little more iconic please read even if ur not a hsm fan

paper/plastic by @rosyredlipstick

the fact that this is from 2018 and took this long to get into my rec list is tragic because i think about this fic a lot... a lot. mortal au. very chill, strangers to lovers, very good vibes, will be rereading soon (everything rosy writes is amazing we already knew this)

10:37pm by @buoyantsaturn

surprise another cj fic! fun fact she debated with us for a good half hour about what to title this fic so go read it so you can tell her you like the name (and the fic itself... its a very good fic) (tw // alchohol and drug use for this one)

Sunflower by ChiseHatori

3 days in the infirmary is probably the easiest trope u can find in the solangelo tag but i have to say this one really made me soft just bc it feels a lot more in character than some of the others ive read, and it basically picks up right where they ended in the books

Will You, or Will You Not? by @thebluesideofmyworld

marriage fics... also very soft. just boys bein boys. dual engagements. mortal au. all that good stuff vv soft i loved it

let your heart win by @justanothervampiregirl

this one is short but its also probably one of the most in character fics ive ever read and i really like this style of writing mixed with canon compliance so :)

The Magic of Naomi Solace by Sweetymomo

naomi solace, underratted legend. i aspire to have her relationship with will. lots of familial background if you like that!! and its set at a bnb!!

forget all the shooting stars and silver moons by itotallyreadthatbook

when i saw this in the tag i was SO excited bc we love high school aus here and it was!! very good indeed!! this trope is one ive never seen before and i recommend 10/10 good banter

They won’t always live by Phantomxlegend

will overworking himself and coping with loss always makes me :(( so if ur okay with some will angst then buckle up

“I am fully capable of kicking your ass” by @unwieldyink

i remember i saw the email notification for this one and immediately was like yup absolutely im in and it 100% lives up to its title we love capture the flag solangelo

the night we met by peachyytomlinson

a lil ooc but also very angsty and did make me emotional when i read this late at night. i think i wrote something similar a while back but i just aaaaa will angst man

“look how hard i can cry FWSHHH”  by @buoyantsaturn

call me biased bc i like to claim that i originated the idea of demeter!will and cj dedicated this fic to me but like BRO its so soft and i love it here nico leave the plants along challenge failed

femboy hooters, or the time percy jackson failed to keep a secret by luciethebean

its all fun and games until the fic turns out to genuinely be really good. like, yes the title is exactly what you think it is but it doesnt matter bc its so fricken well written im^@*#&(*)($_$#&^@$(@*)* yeah

Of Ties and Significant Annoyances by seokjinvilla (@thechampagnecocainegasoline)

we dont support jkr in this household but what we do support is this bc this plot is genius and i love it

everything’s going swimmingly by tsunamiroll (@catboy-ethan)

fun fact i posed the idea of a sports/team prompt to the sw mod crew literally just so someone would pull through and write a swim au and ethan DID without even knowing. i love them and their writing style is so !!!! please read it

when you smile (the whole world stops) by tsunamiroll (@catboy-ethan)

another ethan fic!! this is the perfect fic for a rough day where u just want some cuddles bc thats literally the plot of the fic. i love this one with my entire heart its very fluffy 10/10 do reccomend

pumpkin spice (i hate it, it's not nice) (ok maybe it's a little nice) by tsunamiroll (@catboy-ethan)

ethan fic part 3!! bc i binge read these all in one night!! literally again their writing style is so amazing and the witty banter!!!! also we love a retail bookstore au 

Burnt Plastic (and Other Bad Ideas) by More_of_This

so this one isnt exactly romantically solangelo but it is hilarious in my opinion and i absolutely adore well written college aus and while i know nothing about college this fic is so funny to me (if you read the tags there is, in fact, a raccoon involved) (tw // drinking for this one)

all because you kissed me goodnight by @buoyantsaturn

i have been WAITING for a mortal counselors au and im sure theres some out there already but y’all already know im a cj stan! lots of slowburn, friends to lovers, coworkers, all the good stuff (and i named this one and offered cj a lot of materials from my own camp so this one especially hits!! i reccomend for those good ol summer vibes!!) (tw // drinking for this one)

Waiting With You by @buoyantsaturn

oh boy buckle up if u want an angst ride because this fic tore me apart. i keep threatning cj with “dont pull another waiting with you”. that being said, very much feels like a movie while youre reading it, very fluffy in the middle, we love mutual pining. 

Little Italian Boy by @buoyantsaturn

stream little italian boy by grace gilmore. youll get it. thats it.

The Clues by @thebluesideofmyworld

secret dating when done well is legit one of my favorite tropes of all time and this!!! this!!!!!!!!! its outsiders perspective also which is another one of my favorite tropes, and just little views on nicos life and i love it

So Come On, Talk it Out (your voice brought me back from the dead) by @buoyantsaturn

will solace, sponsered by kitkats, cj edition

no but if you read tower of nero you’ll really like this missing pieces pre-ton fic this is a really soft little fic with a bunch of easter eggs from the book in it, so i highly recommend! if you havent read ton yet and are still avoiding spoilers, come back to this one!

reaching for the sun (you, you, you) by moonswords (@tortadelimao)

i just read this one about 2 hours ago for the first time and i am Still thinking about it. its like the getting together that i literally feel like is canon and the vibes are Immaculate (also william “what about me looks straight” solace)

“Are we on a date right now?” by @unwieldyink

overworked will, nico helping out in the infirmary, first dates & hikes, canon compliant, we love to see it (also its an annie fic so ur required by law to read it)

Outrunning karma by Phantomxlgend 

more will angst! featuring angry overworked will!

Everlasting Ring by minyoongurt (@blueblackslowtown)

i was Very excited when i read the summary of this one, and i think minyoongurt did a really good job!! healer will, injured nico, the whole dynamic. also i love the idea of nico only knowing “thank you” “go away” and “fuck you” in sign language. im pretty sure thats canon

The Little Thing by Rainbow_Mess

i belive this is also a pre-toa fic thats just exploring all the stuff we found out about will in ton and its very short and sweet :)

and of course, a few of my recent works for your consideration

who is he (and what is he to you?)

just doing my silly little tasks

i don’t need three bars to tell me we’re meant to connect

truly, madly, deeply

[meetmyglowinthedarkboyfriend]

AUctober #6: Time Travel (Solangelo)

AO3 link

FF.net link

Alternate title: I Don’t Wanna Die (So You’re Gonna Have To)

Summary: But then there were warm hands on his shoulders, and he was staring into those expressive eyes the colour of the sky on a sunny day and he was falling in love all over again and Will’s embrace was warm, so warm, he never wanted to leave it again; he was home, where his heart was, once again. An Escape the Night crossover. Written for AUctober, hosted by @solangeloweek. (In ETN, a group of YouTubers are sent to the past to defeat an Evil force by completing tasks and competing in challenges where, in most cases, if they lose, they die. The general in-universe survival rate for YouTubers is around 30%. The YouTubers must also take on the persona of a role of the time period in order to participate in the time travelling process.)

Content warnings: Major character death and character death in general, mentions of homophobia (which actually isn’t present, not even in source material), panic attacks and sensory overload, spoilers for plot twists in Escape the Night Season 3 (and especially Episode 7), trauma. This fic also happens to be a cycle of hurt/comfort and angst and hurt/comfort and angst.

It had only been about eight hours, but Nico was already sick of the Seventies.

They had come into the decade via a strange seance, apparently, to free the Town of Everlock, which had been trapped in time, from “the Carnival Master”, but everything had been going… badly, to say the least.

For starters, to free the Town in the first place, people had to die to retrieve the relevant artifacts. No one had presented them with a waiver prior to the mission, to let them know that by participating in the quest, there was a ~70% chance of them dying in the process.

The first one to go down was Thalia. Nico was pit against her that round… but to be honest, it was their chosen challenge-partners who were being pit against each other. Both of them were just stuck there, tied to a pair of wonder wheels, waiting for Reyna and Will to save them like royal figures in distress in some stereotypical video game plot. Will only got a slight edge over Reyna in the last sections of the challenge — catapulting a rubber chicken into a basket and a knock-’em-down game with bottles. He never realized he was so close to death until Will’s warm arms were wrapped around him again and the Killer Clown Clan’s leader grabbed her knife to stab Thalia in the guts. By the time the artifact was cleansed, the knife of the Clown in Chief was dripping with fresh blood and it clattered to the ground as its owner poofed into black smoke. At the same time, he couldn’t help but feel terrible that Reyna had to deal with all of this — she had to fight between saving his life and her best friend.

They lost Percy to the venom of the Snake Woman the next hour, leaving a distraught Annabeth behind, already grieving for her older sister figure. And after that, Jason — his cousin and the first person he ever came out to (thanks to Piper’s older brother being a testa da caso…) never came back from the den of the Man With No Name — Hazel mentioned something about him tripping over and losing his glasses halfway through the challenge, so he suspected Jason’s nearsightedness had something to do with the situation.

And then he died, for real this time. It had been tests of strength and physical strength and it was a blur and it was an arm-wrestling contest against Frank and he lost and everything hurt and he knew not even the Fates would spare him in a peaceful death if they had barely spared him in life and he would have to leave his tesoro and Hazel behind, he could still hear Frank’s shouted, guilt-ridden apologies and despondent screaming for mercy and the roars of “You’re gonna die” and then it was pain and pain and more pain—

There were flashes. A church. A Black young man, a woman with dark hair perhaps slightly younger than the man, holding hands, scabbards on their belts.

And then there was a voice. A familiar voice, but it couldn’t be him, they were separated on the boundary of life and death—

“Come back to me, Skeletor. I’m waiting for you.”

But you can’t be, I can’t come back, I’m literally d—

“Trust me, Angel. Open your eyes.”

The humming chords of a harp. He could feel his heart pumping again. He was… alive? He rushed through the town, roads only lit by the dim lights of street lamps and storefront signage. The lounge behind the fridge inside the arcade — it was supposed to be his place, according to the role he was supposed to take on, the Arcade Attendant.

Inside, he guiltily noted that both Annabeth and Leo were missing from the group. Perhaps they were doing some new challenge—

But after a moment of silence, he was greeted with cheers and tearful, relieved laughter.

“You’re back!”

“It worked! The Harp worked!”

“I’m so happy to see you again!”

“We did it!”

But then there were warm hands on his shoulders, and he was staring into those expressive eyes the colour of the sky on a sunny day and he was falling in love all over again and Will’s embrace was warm, so warm, he never wanted to leave it again; he was home, where his heart was, once again.

“I… I thought I lost you for good, Neeks.” He was wearing Nico’s leather jacket, which he entrusted to Will before he entered his challenge. The only thing Nico could really do was cling onto his boyfriend and never let go — here it’s safe, here it’s warm.

“I guess I’m back now, firefly.”

They got some peace and quiet for a solid five minutes altogether.

Later on, he asked about what happened to Annabeth and Leo — where they were.

“Oh, sweetie…”

Apparently Annabeth had been locked into an iron maiden — as in the medieval torture device?! — after an unfortunate stroke of luck in the votes, and Leo had apparently had his skull bashed in with a falling disco ball of all things (he would have asked more about it, but Will had clammed up right after that, so he decided not to question further).

And after that, they were forced down to a Funhouse with flashing colours, one by one, to solve puzzles and pop balloons, which didn’t exactly help his already ‘disoriented and overwhelmed from being back from the dead’ self. The Funhouse Man with his many faces came in and dragged him out, leaving him to have a panic attack in a cage outside. Hazel, Will and Reyna eventually joined him outside, but it did nothing to stop the discomfort of being stuck in a cage is it just me or is it getting smaller and smaller and smaller—

And eventually, after what was practically eternity, the stupid idiot responsible for triggering him on at least three different levels returned, set Hazel and Reyna free, and told him and his boyfriend to re-enter the stupid Funhouse for “a final time”, for a challenge to the death.

In conclusion, it had been an absolutely terrible night so far.

Lollipops of disgusting flavours. High-stakes bean-bag toss combined with the Floor is Lava. He tried his damnedest but he was two seconds away from solving the final riddle with a warm hand in his when a voice beside him accidentally blurted out the answer and ran off, leaving his hand to cool, and slotted the necessary item in the right place—

"We have a winner, ladies and gentlemen! Both of you exit the rooms and claim your prize."

“OH SH!T, I’M SO SORRY!”

And they were crying in each other’s arms, fearful and uncertain for what was their fate to come. Vague memories of threats of being gutted with a fish-hook. The accidental betrayal, having to go back to the Other Side with the guilt of dooming the other, but if they had decided to pull a Katniss-and-Peeta then they doubted that the Funhouse Man would let them both go if they won at the same time—

Last kisses in the elevator moving upward, to the surface, to certain doom. Last goodbyes, heartbroken, guilt-ridden, tearful. Perhaps there were no happy endings awaiting at all, and the world was indeed as homophobic as the bigots made it out to be at all.

By the time they left the garish structure, both of them were bitterly resigned to their fates, yet there was no Funhouse Man with a fish-hook awaiting them outside, just a small box hanging from a string with a note. The note was written in very curly cursive, which took them a while to read, but the first half of the message read, The sad news is, you both get to live.

Tearful embrace. Warm. Safe. Together. Not to be parted again. They still had a chance to go home together. Hope.

When the boys got back, they would find several startled friends shouting over the dead body of Piper McLean with a bloody, gaping wound in her stomach (even if she voted Will in, Nico forced himself not to stay mad at her for doing so), and they would spend the next twenty or so minutes mourning those they had lost, but for now, we could only let them enjoy their peace and quiet, if only for a moment.

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Translations

Testa da caso - Venetian heavy profanity, lit. d!ckhead, refers to a bad person who does not understand and gives problems

Despite what the implications were, Thalia and Reyna were just friends in this ‘verse, with no romantic affiliation for each other.

The two figures replacing Jael and Ryu are Beckendorf and Silena.

In-universe, the Harp of Lazarus was retrieved by the YouTubers in Season 3 Episode 6 and were permitted to use it to revive one of the deceased from the dead and give them a second chance to fight for their lives.

For a moment, I considered letting Hazel be the one revived, but since the challenge was a boys-only challenge, she couldn’t be the one. And I also completely forgot about Leo (if a Season 4 is possible in this universe, he would definitely be an All Star)... and I live for Nico angst. I mean, don’t we all? (And fluff. Both angst and fluff. Both is good.)

To those of you who love Percabeth, I’m so sorry (I am personally indifferent to the ship). To those of you who hate Annabeth in particular, her painful death (albeit offscreen) in this fic is for you, credited to be one of the most brutal deaths in the entire series. You’re welcome.

The rest of the note read, Breaks my heart. It really does. The very good news, however, is that the person who voted the winner into the challenge is getting their guts torn open right now.

And to my fellow Escapees, at least I’m not doing Episode 9, that would be a nightmare for my minor ass to write. I’d probably have to slap a big fat warning label on it, and they should have done it too at the start of the episode. Also, if you guys want to know what I had planned for Episodes 8-10 for this AU, just ask in the reviews/comments/notes/reblogs/tags, because I have some plans. Oh, and the disco ball death isn't canon, of course, it's from one of my older idea lists.

I'm going to be having tests for several different subjects (10%-20% of exam scores) in the next two weeks, so I probably will be going on temporary hiatus for a while, but I'll do what I can. After all, October is already almost ending, and I haven't even finished a week of this writing activity yet. Man, I really need to catch up, and kudos to everyone who managed to do this continuously without major delays in each fic.

[i-write-shakespeare-not-disney]

Hey, Phoenix. I'm doing the solangelo AUctober challenge for (I hope) the entire month. I don't currently have a beta, and since I mostly keep to myself on tumblr, I thought maybe I'd ask you and see if you/your followers knew anyone who's a beta reader?? I'm trying to keep the fics between 500-1500 words and english is my first language, so it shouldn't be too much work, just to look out for minor mistakes. Thanks in advance!!

I wouldnt mind! Just let me know what level of feedback you want ♡ I could use more solangelo in my life

Of course if you want more than one for different days, and solangelo beta readers can hit me up and I'll tag them on reblogs of this post.

[buoyantsaturn]

Mortal camp where they’re both camp counselors, and the campers are either trying to get them together or figure out if they are together? And so pranks and shenanigans ensue, and you can decide if they end up together or have been together the entire time

so at this camp the different cabins compete in a bunch of different tasks and contests and whatever and the cabin with the most points at the end of the two weeks wins some kind of special prize

nico and will are counselors for different cabins but theyve developed a Big competitiveness just between each other. they literally pay no attention to the other like, four cabins, they only care about beating each other

like, one of nico’s kids is angry bc they got second to last place in a challenge and nicos like “hey dont worry about it you did great! you beat will’s cabin and thats FANTASTIC”

there’s two counselors per cabin so there’s always somebody watching over the kids

during free time one day, some of the kids go and spy on the counselor lodge (basically just the Room With Coffee) and peek through the windows to see will and nico in each others faces looking like theyre arguing except theyre both smiling and one of the kids is like “omg they LIKE each other!!!” and it takes a Lot of convincing of the other kids for them all to agree but eventually they decide that its up to Them, this group of Children, to get their counselors together

one very notable thing that happens is during the camp talent show - there are SO many points on the line for each cabin here - and one of the kids does a magic act with “trick” handcuffs and has will and nico come up and handcuffs them together but they don’t come apart when theyre supposed to

that shenanigan causes will’s cabin the necessary points to beat nico’s cabin and nico roasts will for it but jokes on him those handcuffs are Not coming off, so nico’s the Real loser here

(except that he’s not bc being handcuffed to will is the Perfect excuse to hang out with him for the rest of the night)

at the campfire later that night theres a big debate over whether will and nico were still handcuffed together or if they were just holding hands because they were Inseparable for the rest of the night

one kid accidentally lets their plan slip by the end of the first week, which leads to a meeting in the mess hall with their two cabins and a couple of very stern looking counselors announcing that they know whats up and they have to quit with the shenanigans bc it’s messing with the camp schedule and BESIDES will and nico are ALREADY DATING but theyre not supposed to show affection while theyre working so Cut It Out

thanks for the suggestion!!

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