charlie keeps bullying cameron for not having “game” that he can’t get girls like he does, classic bullying.
“i don even wanna date a girl right now, asshole, I’m busy with school”
“hah- are you gay or something???”
“wtf does that even– you know what, I dont need this rn”
and this goes on, that charlie’s pissing off cam a lot, trying to boast about his own conquests with girls while cameron is seething–
One day cameron gets a date with a girl because his parents wanted him to escort his family friend to her prom. Cam doesnt tell his friends this was an arranged thing and tells them that “He had game too”
so Cameron gets called to the office because his parents are trying to set him up with that girl again because idk man, parents really want him to date a woman even if he isn’t interested in em
but Cameron agrees on another date with her because maybe it’ll stop charlie from always calling him gay or some virgin again- also because he wanted to see charlie’s reaction
Cameron comes back to his room, seeing a distraught Charlie on his bed, obviously waiting for him to come back.
Charlie’s scowling for a bit, the deafening silence annoying Cameron.
Did Cameron want to tell him he was had another date with a girl? He should, before he gets another homophobic insult from Charlie.
But neither of them say anything.
the night continued and turned into the next day all without the roommates talking.
they’ve been like this the whole week.
Charlie gave a passing glance when they were in class, he couldn’t really avoid Cameron in most of them, he was usually in his peripherals
one of the dead poet meetings (wednesday) Cameron had the audacity to recite a love poem! (ok well techinically, it was a poem about a man sailing out to sea but to Charlie it seemed too vaguely romantic and he thought about it all night)
Friday night comes and Charlie sees Cameron in casual attire, too formal for the study group they were about to head out to. He looked really handsome in it, Charlie thought. He presumed Cameron was trying to get his attention this week, some tease he was planning on
Charlie corners him by the door.
“hey.”
“what? no ‘gay-wad’ or 'homo’ attached to it?” Cameron glared at him, trying to reach for the door knob.
“uh– h-hey, you.” Charlie’s getting tongue tied all of a sudden. He had this whole speech about telling Cameron what happened was just a 2 time thing and that it meant nothing! Nothing…. Right?
“Charlie, I really appreciate the nickname change but I’ve got somewhere to go.”
“We’re both going to the study group, you can wait up for me, right?”
Cameron hasn’t told him yet. He hasn’t told anyone yet. But it isn’t too late to tell Charlie now of all times.
“Sure, hurry up.” Cameron could wait a few more minutes before they go their separate ways that night.
He waits for charlie to change out of his Welton clothes into his study group essentials: A plain white shirt and his spare khakis. Nothing out of the ordinary. But that’s what Charlie notices; he’s wearing something simple and Cameron was not.
“Hey Cam… why are you all dressed up so nice? Trying to impress me or something?”
Cameron cringed a bit “What? No, this is how I normally dress.” When I’m about to go on a date with a girl I am not interested in.
“Then why do you–”
“Why, Dalton? Are you impressed?”
“I– NO! I just–”
“Justwhat, Charlie? You keep insulting me, calling me gay and shit like that? Yet you constantly keep your eyes on me and asking me about kissing you. Maybe you’re gay, Charlie, and you’re just chicken to admit it.”
“So what if I am?!”
Okay, that caught both of them off guard. Charlie’s chest was about to burst and Cameron’s face was heating up.
“I– What if I’m only gay for you, is that a problem?” Charlie tried to come up with some reasoning for his impulsive words. He was starting to crumble into pieces in front of Cameron because Cameron looks so handsome all flustered and surprised.
“N-no that’s–”
Knock Knock “Mr. Cameron, I’m here to pick you up for your appointment.” Mr. Hager was outside and cranky as ever.
Charlie looked at Cameron with a shift in his expression. “Cam…”
“Charlie I… I have to go.” and he did.
Charlie sat there with the rest of the poets in the recc room, “studying” but really it was Meeks and Neil telling him the correct answers- Cameron was the only one who bothered “teaching” him anything.
“Where’d Cameron go?” Meeks looked up from their Latin notes, bringing everyone’s attention to Charlie, the last one in contact with Cameron.
“He… He had an appointment.” Charlie said, not looking up.
“Oh, is that the date his parents set him up with?” Neil chimed in, watching Charlie immediately turn sour.
“date?” Todd and the others ask but they all looked at Charlie for some reaction.
“Yeah, I saw his parents and him come out of Nolan’s office telling him some girl was going to be a great match for him so he should dress nice.”
charlie keeps bullying cameron for not having “game” that he can’t get girls like he does, classic bullying.
“i don even wanna date a girl right now, asshole, I’m busy with school”
“hah- are you gay or something???”
“wtf does that even– you know what, I dont need this rn”
and this goes on, that charlie’s pissing off cam a lot, trying to boast about his own conquests with girls while cameron is seething–
One day cameron gets a date with a girl because his parents wanted him to escort his family friend to her prom. Cam doesnt tell his friends this was an arranged thing and tells them that “He had game too”
Cameron tries to pretend it never happened and Charlie keeps bringing it up (maybe he’s trying to get cam to do it again)
Like he doesnt tell Neil or the others, he just likes to “avoid” cameron in their room like:
“Woah there, keep all the gay on that side of the room thanks”
“?? what’s wrong with you dalton??”
“why do you wanna know? is it cuz you have a big gay crush on me??”
“I don’t, now can you PLEASE stop looking at me while I change.”
“r-right.”
Also Charlie is yeah, still trying to goad on Cameron to make him kiss him again, just a test, he swears
“hey gaywad, kissed any men lately?”
“i’ve never kissed any guy”
Charlie’s kinda suprised by this
“what? yes you have”
“no I haven’t, now lemme do my homework”
Charlie’s outraged, HE kissed HIM! ON THE MOUTH!
“No non nonon o no , cameron, look at me, YES YOU DID”
“Oh yeah? WHO?”
Charlie’s blushing and silent “i– uh–”
“See? no one, i can’t think of any guy I’ve kissed.” Cameron’s praying charlie LEAVES THIS ALONE
“Cameron… come on…” Charlie’s practically pleading Cameron admits it and not him
“Charlie, I don’t know who or what you’re talking about.”
“Cam…youkissed me.”
Cameron’s eyes twitch a bit. “No I didnt”
“YES YOU DID, CAMERON, WHAT THE HELL??”
“I don’t remember it.”
“Oh MY GOD!! Cameron I can’t believe this!”
“I dunno what to tell you, I’ve got great memory.”
“Yeah– well– maybe you need a refresher!”
“no I don–” Charlie cuts him off with a kiss. This time, he wanted Cam to REMEMBER this one. He cupped his face before sliding his hand behind Cameron’s neck, cradling his head yet pressing him against his lips. Cameron’s lips responded, which surprised Charlie. This time, Charlie meant to kiss Cameron and oh my god he was melting into the kiss. Cameron’s lips were just as soft as the last time they’ve kissed, if not softer. He hasn’t stopped thinking about this kiss in weeks!
“ahem-” Neil coughs, the door and todd right behind him.
Charlie pushes cam away in “disgust” before wiping his mouth with his shirt sleeve. (god he wish he didn’t :c )
“EW WHATTHE FUCK CAMERON, ARE YOU GAY OR SOMETHING??”
Cameron rolls his eyes and glares at him. Neil and Todd both knew it wasn’t cameron who instigated the kiss.
“Anyway, Cameron, your parents are by Nolan’s office, they asked us to call you.”
Cameron smoothed out his clothes and promptly headed out their dorm.
“N-nothing happened, alright?!” Charlie stammered.
Neil and Todd exchanged tired looks. “Yeah. We didn’t see anything.”
Moments after the two left, charlie was alone, rubbing his lips on his shirt sleeve with tears in his eyes.
charlie keeps bullying cameron for not having “game” that he can’t get girls like he does, classic bullying.
“i don even wanna date a girl right now, asshole, I’m busy with school”
“hah- are you gay or something???”
“wtf does that even– you know what, I dont need this rn”
and this goes on, that charlie’s pissing off cam a lot, trying to boast about his own conquests with girls while cameron is seething–
One day cameron gets a date with a girl because his parents wanted him to escort his family friend to her prom. Cam doesnt tell his friends this was an arranged thing and tells them that “He had game too”
Charlie was dubious, annoyed even, he didnt believe it at all. he kept on asking how their date went, cameron half-lies and says they’ve kissed (like a peck, really) and charlie’s kinda peeved about it
“oh- okay??? still doesnt mean you could get any other girl to do it!”
“whatever charlie?? who cares if a girl kissed me!?”
“I DO–” Charlie stood up. Embarrassed, he tried to fix it, “I – I care because you’re– YOU’RE SUCH A LOSER ALL THE TIME! What girl would ever wanna be kissed by you?? Hah, some closeted gay guy kissing a girl?? are you kidding me?! GROSS!”
“Charlie, what the hell, I kiss FINE!” Cameron was getting pissed at Charlie’s choice of words and his disgusting attitude
“HA- couldn’t convince me even if you TRIED”
and so Cameron did, he grabbed charlie by his shirt collar and angrily pulled him in for a passionate, albeit, annoyed kiss.
“THERE? SEE? I CAN KISS , YOU DUMBASS–” cameron wiped his mouth and headed for the bathroom to clean his lips. blushing of course.
Charlie stood there for a second before his legs gave out
He crumbled to the floor while placing his hand over his lips like he just got his first kiss.
thiswas his first kiss. he’s never been kiss before. not until Cameron.
Ok so like, in this version of the hanahaki disease trope the only people who can see the petals you cough up are the people who KNOW about your crush. It’s not gonna kill you, it’s just really annoying when you’re choking on petals and spitting them up. Also in this version, it’s not just unrequited love, as long as you have a huge crush you dont wanna admit to anyone, the amount of flowers grow the more people know + the more you like the person and wont confess (the more unbearable it is to keep a secret). it will only stop when the one you like KNOWS and they end up seeing the flowers, but they don’t have to like you back, once you confess- the flowers will either rot if they dont return it or fly away if they like you back.
Charlie has this problem, he likes to say how much he doesn’t like Cameron, until one day he didn’t really mean it and a rose petal appeared on his tongue.
Neil was the first to see one of the petals because he noticed charlie was being EXTRA mean to cam one day. neil realized he was bluffing. when neil told charlie, he says “no wonder i’ve been coughing up more of these.”
The next to know is todd because, well, it was the same thing with neil except todd was also coughing up petals. when they both told each other they liked each other, the petals flew away and they became a thing. they’re trying to explain to charlie to just confess while the flowers arent a lot
Charlie doesnt listen. duh
Cameron’s being more insufferable to charlie, by that he means that cameron’s gotten unbearably more attractive. his nagging became endearing to charlie, his face and freckles became overwhelmingly beautiful. cameron’s presence made charlie falter in his insults.
knox, meeks, pitts immediately notice. for an academically upright guy as cameron, he didnt pick up on charlie’s change of demeanor AT ALL
Charlie and Cameron’s room was COVERED in petals and friends think this is getting out of hand. the whole class knows. it’s obvious. and they’re all just telling charlie to just confess. some guys were nice, making sure no one outs Charlie in front of cameron or the teachers. but it’s getting really hard to use the locker rooms and bathroom
Charlie doesnt want to confess, they wont work. Cameron wont like him because they’re so different. but that’s why he really likes cameron. he wont bullshit charlie when he’s being chaotic, he could ground him and tell him when to be better. charlie needs someone like cameron but cameron wont need or want him.
One day charlie gets into an accident, like he tripped and hit his head or something and he gets rushed to the ER.
when he wakes up cameron is there and there are still a shit ton of flowers anywhere. but when he coughed one more time, no petals came out. a few more coughs and huffs. nothing.
huh.
he must’ve gotten over cameron. he got kinda sad, but when he starts talking to cameron he’s so happy. he knows he still likes him.
little did charlie know that moments before that, cameron had been coughing up so many flowers, he’s been coughing flowers for years for charlie. he didnt want to admit it because charlie was out of his league, he was a nerd and charlie was charlie. amazing.
their room was filled with 10 times the amount of flowers than anyone else could imagine. these two have been blindly in love with each other for so long (at least cameron has)
when charlie was rushed to the ER, charlie’s room still getting petals everywhere because of coughing + unconscious charlie , neil complained that he only got into an accident because he slipped on a bunch of petals for cameron and immediately slapped his mouth shut. Cameron found out (stopping charlie from making petals). He suddenly saw all the petals covering all this friends.
Cameron may have been coughing up petals for years but charlie produced as much flowers in the span of months as cameron did in years. He likes cameron THAT much. (also how many people KNEW??)
Neil apologizes but Cameron blurts out he likes charlie too and then suddenly the petals in Neil’s view TRIPLED. “damn it– but hey at least yours are pink and not bright red like charlie’s. can you just.. confess to charlie? please? so this is over with”
so when cameron stayed with charlie, he was still coughing up flowers but this time they were multiplying, his crush– his love for charlie was getting stronger.
charlie wakes up, sees cameron and before he could confess, cameron tells him he likes him.
Suddenly the room was a mix of red and pink petals. charlie was in awe but immediately returns cameron’s confession.
they watched as their petals danced together in a mini tornado in the room before they dissipated.
chameron??? what scenario?? i just cameron to pine for once in his life lkasjdlkasj
Pining Cameron:
Richard Cameron was a proud man. He prided himself over every single feat. His grades were amazing, his class standing and relationships to teachers was well-known, and his organization skills along with his responsible nature was thought to be enviable.
One could say Cameron was a man who had it all figured out.
