⍟ Strings {A Camp Cretaceous x Male Reader Story - Ben}

𝟷. 𝙱𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎

"Are we really getting off the island or is this a dream?" Sammy giggles as she sits beside Y/N and Yaz on the couch, carrying a plate of crackers and berries.

"If it were a dream, I'm thinking we'd have a change of clothes." Yaz jokes.

"Ha! What do you mean?" Ben grins, "I've always wanted a signature look."

They all stare at Brooklyn and she just laughs.

After a moment she pauses, "I'm gonna go grab Kenji." Without another word she's headed up the ladder.

"Why's he being so emo up there?" Y/N asks as soon as Brooklyn is out of sight.

The others give him a discouraging look.

"What?" He throws his hands up, "We were all thinking it!"

"Y/N's right, is Kenji still mad about the laptop thing?" Sammy nods with a mouth full of food.

"I mean, he seemed pretty upset back on the island, but I assumed he would've gotten over it by now." Yaz shrugs.

Darius clears his throat loudly as Brooklyn and Kenji approach, everyone drops the topic and goes back to eating.

Kenji sits down and glares at Darius.

Ben appears around the corner holding a platter over his head, "And now, for the main dish!"

The other camper's faces light up.

"The plumpest, and the juiciest..."

"Nublar grubs!" He holds out a platter full of still-moving little slugs.

The others stand up to get a look.

"Ugh!"

"Ew!"

"Hand selected by yours truly." Ben states proudly.

He plucks one off the tray and looks at it, "Thank you, for your sacrifice." He slurps it up like a piece of spaghetti.

"Ugh!"

"Gross!"

Everyone backs away from Ben and his treat.

"Come on." Yaz groans.

"Do you have to do that here?" Kenji whimpers.

Ben holds the platter out to Sammy who forces a smile, "Well, I guess the least I can do it keep an open mind."

She slowly reaches out and picks one up. She brings it up to her mouth but pulls away at the last second. It flies out of her hand and lands on Yasmina's head.

Yaz yelps and swats it away, it falls onto Y/N's shirt.

"Gross!" Y/N flicks it off and it squishes onto Darius' nose.

Darius screams and tries to get it off of him.

Ben marches over and picks it up, "How you all survived, I'll never know." He tosses it into his mouth."

He places the platter down on the table and Yasmina is quick to push it away from her.

Sammy sighs, "Okay, no tears or goodbyes till' we're sittin' on the plane."

"But can I just say, look at us." She beams.

"We started as camper, and now, we're--"

"Immortal?"

"Survivors?"

"Exhausted."

"I was gonna say soulmates..." Sammy chuckles.