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

𝟽. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚙

Y/N and Yaz walk into Mae's living room with cups of hot chocolate for everyone. Yaz stops him when she spots the other boys already on the couch.

"Uh oh, Ben and Darius have their serious thinking faces on." She whispers, almost dropping the mugs in the process.

Y/N chuckles and places the mugs on the coffee table.

"I can't believe I finally got these babies clean!" Brooklyn displays her 'squeaky-clean' white shoes on the table.

"Your shoes look exactly like they did before..." Ben slowly reaches for his mug.

"Yeah, not seeing a difference." Y/N shrugs and takes a sip.

Brooklyn gasps and Sammy hands her some hot cocoa, "I can tell they're cleaner."

They all take their seats around the table. Y/N on the couch with Ben and Darius and Brooklyn on in the armchair with Yaz sitting on the arm and Sammy on the floor beside them.

"So, what were you thinking about?" Yasmina addresses the studious boys.

"We might have destroyed Mr. Kon's way to make dino control chips, but he's always one step ahead of us." Darius doesn't even try to talk around it.

"We need a way to protect them from whatever he's got up his sleeve."

"What if we... disguise the dinosaurs?" Y/N suggests thoughtfully, resting his arm behind Ben on the couch.

"That's what I said!" Ben shouts.

"And we already agreed that's off the table." Darius chuckles and rolls his eyes.

"I wonder why." Yasmina gasps sarcastically.

"This is so nice." Sammy grins, "All of us warm and cozy, sharing a cup of cocoa together. Too bad we can't do this for the dinos."

"It'd be a lot easier to keep them safe if they were all snuggled in once place." She giggled fondly.

"Yeah..." Darius stares into his cocoa intensely.

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"What's the one place on Nublar where all the dinosaurs got along?" Darius stands in front of the waterfall, presenting it to his friends.

"The watering hole!" Sammy shouts in realization.

"Exactly!" Darius beams.

"That's a great idea, Darius!" Sammy grins excitedly.

"Is there enough water, though?" Yaz inquires.

"That would be the problem..." Darius trails off in thought.

"What if we fill a bunch of buckets with water?" Sammy suggests.

"Maybe we can distract the dinos with food instead?" Brooklyn counters.

"Or maybe," Y/N starts.

"Disguises." He and Ben speak in sync.

Darius shakes his head in disbelief before noticing something, "Look!" He runs off into a clearing and bends down by an oddly colored rock.

"A drain." Y/N observes the water slowly trickling into the side of the rock.

"If we plug it up, this whole area will fill with water." Brooklyn thinks out loud.

"Hello, watering hole." Yaz smirks and playfully punches Ben, who frowns and rubs his arm.

"Let's not celebrate yet." Darius sighs, "We still gotta make sure it actually works."

"Plus, we have no clue when Mr. Kon is gonna come back." Y/N crosses his arms.

"So, we should act fast." Brooklyn nods.