Context: You had to run away. There was nothing left in the old commune, and Zeke promised you'd be safe at his Uncle's cabin, way off the grid. After everything that happened since the Silence fell, you hope he's right.

Setting: The RV

Tags:[M4A][Established Relationship][Tsundere Friend Speaker][Listener with a Crush][Angst][Supernatural][Horror][Unrequited Love][RV/Camping Life][Mystery Monster][Cottagecore-esqe][Survival][CW: Mentions of Death/Invasions/Unknown Monsters]

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[Scene opens in an RV]

[Note: RV stands for recreational vehicle]

[SFX: A low, mechanical hum/rain drumming on the roof of the RV]

[You sit in an RV quietly while the driver heads down a dirt path slowly and carefully]

[Note: If you wish to have Ezekiel fiddle with the radio, it would be SFX: Static / Faint traces of Big Band music]

“Almost there, Lamb… You doing OK on that side of the camper?”

[Pause…]

“...Yeah… Heh. We did do it, didn’t we? Finally made it out and away from those fucking assholes…”

[SFX: The RV rolling to a gradual stop]

[He comes to a slow stop before the shambled mess of an old home looking out over the river]

[Pause?]

“This is the place… My grandpa kept it off the grid as much as humanly possible because he was afraid of… well… what happened… happening. He was so paranoid that he didn’t even draw a map or anything. Just gave my brothers and me that old riddle and said whoever found it first could keep it.”

[Pause…]

[He sighs, tired]

“It is worn down, yeah… but we can fix it up once we get some shut-eye, OK? We’ve been traveling for nearly a solid week, ducking any potential followers. We’re finally safe…”

[Pause <3]

[He smiles and pulls you into his arms, affectionate]

“Finally… We can hug like this and it not be scrutinized by everyone and thing…”

[You hold him. He holds you… then playfully pushes you back]

“...Alright, loser, quit it. Sheesh…”

[Pause???]

“Why am I being a butt? Cause I feel like it, and I’ve been forced to cuddle with you all week, Oh Captain Gas Station Burrito.”

[Pause!]

[Zeke grins at you, still a menace, like always]

“Worst part? We’re still sleeping in the RV until the house is in better shape anyway, so you’re still gonna get face-pressed into my sweaty pits on occasion.”

[Pause…?]

“Don’t worry, OK. We can actually loosen up a little now. This place is off the grid, there are plenty of solar reserves here, plus he left a generator or two. There’s a bunker full of food, water, and stuff… Presuming all the disasters didn’t impact that…”

[Pause…]

“Hey…”

[He gently slugs your shoulder]

[Pause!]

“It’ll be OK, you whiner. Look, hot dogs and mac n’ cheese tonight, we sleep, then survey what we’re working with in daylight, OK? Keep an eye on Randy, as well… I know he’s oddly well-behaved for a cat and all, but there’s coyotes and such this far out.”

[Pause…]

“Huh? What do you want, Lamb?”

[Pause <3]

[He rolls his eyes but he’s smiling, even if he’s fighting it]

“You can thank me for bringing you all you want. That doesn’t mean I’m going to stop giving you shit when you mess up, though.”

[Pause <3]

“Yeah, yeah… Go hop into bed and start creating the warm zone. I’ll whip us up some ‘food’.”

[Pause!]

[You crawl into bed. The eerie quiet is so different from the poison of the old caravans… even the city]

[SFX: Zeke fixing supper for a bit before he joins you]

“How you holding up, Lamb..? Kind of eerie how quiet it is out here…”

[Pause…]

[He sets your plate down, thoughtful]

“...We can do this, OK? We know how to hunt, we have all the seedlings you started to grow our food eventually, and we’ll have our cabin soon. Before long, we’ll have a whole new commune out here for others like us… Maybe a whole town!”

[Pause…]

[Zeke settles in on the big, joint mattress in the camper, and looks up at the stars above]

“No one knows what it is we’re facing. Communication went down the first weeks after the invasion, and all we knew was, ‘stay apart from one another’ and ‘don’t trust anyone with bleached-white teeth you can see even in the shadows’.”

[Pause…]

[He nudges your head gently]

“...Listen to me, OK? I… I know it, took everyone we knew back home… Trailers fell silent, one by one, and then that stupid sound came… Like cellophane crackling… We HAD to leave, Lamb… We had to…”

[Pause…]

[He rests by you, picking at his food, same as you]

“...It’s going to be OK. The world is a lot quieter, now, sure… but there’s still wifi. There’s still the radio and old reruns. We have food, we have our cat, and we have a friendship that’s lasted since childhood…”

[Pause <3]

[He gives you a bit of a noogie, laughing]

“Shut up! You do not love me, hush… Just eat your dinner and let’s catch some shut-eye. We have a lot of stuff to catch up on… It’s settling in to be winter in a few months, and we need the cabin ready to go. Running heat on the camper has been putting a lot of strain on it.”

[Pause!]

“Yep, we’ll get a look at it, come morning. For right now, time to do the ritual.”

[Pause…]

[He stands, smile gone, and opens the RV door. With him, he takes a bit of salt and sprinkles a circle around the vehicle. You can hear him murmuring from outside:]

“Three circles around the home… a pinch of salt to form a circle. Four knocks upon the door…”

[SFX: Knock… knock… knock… knock]

“And you need fear the Devil no more…”

[SFX: Zeke hurrying back inside and locking the RV down]

“OK… Lights are off, the tarp is on, and the ritual is done… We should be able to sleep now without nightmares… You remember how to turn a nightmare around, right?”

[Pause…]

[He scrambles under the covers with you, trembling from the cold. You hold him until he warms up]

“Brr, freaking freezing outside… Thanks for the cuddle warmth. For what it’s worth, I didn’t hear any cellophane or howling… No signs of them…”

[Pause <3]

[He puts an arm around you]

“ Mmhm, warmth… Hey, maybe when more people come, you’ll finally get a boyfriend, huh? Then you can cuddle with someone else, hehe. Then it won’t be all awkward… Or you could start a family, I guess… That’s what the radio keeps saying we should do…”

[Pause…]

[You chuckle but… ow]

“Aww, don’t worry. When we find partners, we won’t stop being friends, alright? Promise.”

[Pause <3]

“Yep, pinky promise… Now, shut up and go to sleep. Keep the blanket over your head as much as possible…”

[Pause…]

[SFX: Fade out on them cuddling/ the wind howling outside and any eerie noises of the VA’s discretion]

[To be continued]

Note: I wonder if folks can figure out what the ‘monster’ is this time around :3