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ASTRO Cha Eunwoo| Camp Counselor AU

Just a little sleepaway camp counselor au for the one and only... I’ve really been into astro ever since their comeback earlier this month, and I figured since I have time off from school this week that I’d write an au for all you lovely folk!

Eunwoo:

Brown Bear Cabin: boys ages 9-10

Eunwoo is the Head Counselor for the Brown Bear cabin, and he takes his job very seriously,,, certainly trying to be the best role model for all the young boys he is in charge of looking after.

so that means... an early bedtime and little horseplay, Eunwoo has no tolerance for any rough play or hazing of any kind.

As soon as he sees any of his boys start pushing or kicking one another when playing some game, Eunwoo immediately steps in and stops the activity. He tells the boys that true gentleman shouldn’t ever resort to kicking their friends in the shins for fun, and that if he sees them doing it again he’ll take away their free time for the next day.

and every time this happens they all listen to him and stop, it probably has a little something to do with him mentioning that girls don’t like it when boys play rough and don’t like it when boys act childish teehee

And though he is sometimes seen as an annoying strict counselor, all of the kids still seem to admire Eunwoo and look up to him. He always seems to be their favorite at the end of the day, the kids all begging him to sit next to them during the after dinner activities, and to tell them ghost stories during the evening campfires,

, even if he makes them go to bed at 9.

Eunwoo also just so happens to be the staff member responsible for ringing the wake up bell every morning to wake up the entire camp.

He also has another side of him that makes all of the campers open up to him about their lives and problems, whether that be that they are being bullied by another camper (Eunwoo always hates hearing this kind of news and immediately gets to work fixing the situation) or that it is their first time away from home and are feeling a little homesick, Eunwoo is always there for any camper to talk to and he does his best to fix their issues the best that he can.

It’s kind of funny though, just how many campers come up to Eunwoo to confide in him when it comes to their problems, the ropes instructor JinJIn even jokes around that it is because of his face, that all the campers think he’s the most trust worthy because he has such a beautiful face haha.

Eunwoo teaches all of the arts and crafts classes at the sleepaway camp and spends the day helping out all the kids with various different art projects.

Each day brings a different project in Eunwoo’s craft hut, so all the campers are super excited to drop by and spend some time making art.

, one day could be solely finger painting, but the next is friendship bracelet making, the day after is leather pressing and designs.

Eunwoo always tries to come up with new and different projects to keep all the campers interested.

Eunwoo is also the most decorated counselor at the camp. Both of his arms are covered wrist to elbow in hundreds of colorful friendship bracelets from all of the campers, and even some of the counselors.

Some of them took hours, maybe even days to make, having to tie knot after knot to create such complex and intricate designs, while there are others that took only two minutes for the camper to make him in his art class out of a piece of string and beads.

, either way all of the bracelets are very important to Eunwoo and he wouldn’t dare throw any of them away, though sometimes after each session he does take them off and allow his collection to grow back up again because otherwise they start to feel gross on his skin, and also he needs more room for all the new ones he’ll be getting.

Fun fact about Eunwoo! He actually designed the camp’s logo that is on the front of all of the camp tshirts. It’s a design printed across the chest of a tall pine tree, the camp’s lakefront shed and the camp’s name.

It’s simple, but the camp director saw it and immediately fell in love with it! The next thing Eunwoo knows, it’s being printed onto every piece of camp merchandise in the trading post (the camp store) and the sign at the front of the driveway into camp has been changed to have his logo etched into the wood.

, it was a bit overwhelming at first, but after so many complements he’s proud of it now.

And I know I mentioned it before, but Eunwoo’s face almost always makes him be the center of attention, especially when he has to go on a quick mission into the girl’s village to drop something off to another cabin.

All of the female campers follow him around camp, signing up for as many arts and crafts classes as they can just to be around him and his shining face, and on his days off or when he is just resting in the staff lounge all of the female counselors try to make a move on him, and he’s just like....

.... oblivious.

, well, actually not. Eunwoo is just acting like he has no idea that all these girls and even some of the guys are making moves on him because he truly doesn’t want to hurt anyones feelings because truth is he has his sight set on someone else.

Can you guess who that person is?

IT’S YOU!

Eunwoo has liked you ever since staff training, when you met, and he sat down and taught you how to properly tie-dye a tshirt.

and though everyone thinks Eunwoo is really slick and smooth and confident when it comes to the people he likes, reality is tragically quite the opposite.

every time you even walk into the arts and crafts hut, Eunwoo freezes up and becomes an awkward mess,

, and of course you’ve noticed Eunwoo being awkward, but you always kind of brushed that off as how he is as a person? Like just because he’s so handsome doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s super confident, so maybe he’s just awkward. And it never bothered you, and you still continued to be friends with him.

, little did Eunwoo know you also had a teeny tiny crush on him too. Always blushing when he stumbled into a table or accidentally started using a sculpting tool as a pen before realizing his mistake.

tbh you two actually hang out a lot, often spending your days and nights off going out into town together to try out different restaurants and get away from dining hall food, sometimes even sneaking off to the other side of the camp lake with the other counselors and staff to go swimming.

, sometimes you go shopping together to this strip mall about half an hour away from camp and Eunwoo always ends up buying you a bag of sunflower seeds at the local convenience store, joking around that when you smile you brighten up so much you’re like his sunflower (cue a lot of blushing from both parties)

, and it’s a cute friendship, you two are both really comfortable with each other despite being so desperately awkward whenever you are alone together, and aren’t afraid to wrap each other into hugs or initiate skinship like holding hands when jumping off the dock into the lake, and sometimes on long car trips you two even fall asleep on each other’s shoulders.

Once you two did this, and Rocky the counselor from the Wolverine cabin was able to get a few pictures of you two both fast asleep, Eunwoo practically drooling into your hair, and managed to convince all of the other counselors to keep it as the lockscreen on their phones, so now every time someone opens up their phone you two are haunted by that one image.

Friendship seemed like all it was going to be between you two...

Until finally, a few nights before the last campfire of the session you, Eunwoo, and some of the other counselors are hanging out after all of your campers have gone to bed, around the remaining embers of the night’s evening campfire, when you ask Eunwoo what he has in mind for the big art project that all the kids will work on and then present during the last campfire,

, and Eunwoo, usually so on top of all the ideas for all the projects that the campers in his art classes do, realizes that he hasn’t come up with any ideas yet.

Suddenly Eunwoo feels screwed, jumps up, and asks everyone to suggest some ideas because the closing campfire is only days away and he has no clue what to present.

Sanha suggested that he works with the campers to create a giant poster or banner illustrating each camper’s favorite memory of that session.

JinJin didn’t see any problem with repeating last session’s big project which was a giant map of the camp

and MJ could only think of ideas that Eunwoo had already done or thought to do that he scrapped in the past for being too difficult, too expensive or time consuming.

Eunwoo was about to lose all hope and maybe just go with JinJin’s idea of repeating a project that had already been done when you finally spoke up about your idea.

“I know it may take a bit of time, but I think if you get as many campers as you can to work on it, and if you show up to the crafts hut a little early to work on it alone, I think it can be done by the closing campfire.” you say after explaining your idea, and Eunwoo is lifting you up into the air squeezing you tightly because your idea is perfect!

The very next morning Eunwoo wakes up even earlier than normal to run into town to pick up the extra supplies and fabrics that he will need to create what you suggested.

All of the kids immediately agree with smiling faces on the project and happily began their assigned roles, cutting out different pieces of fabric and drawing careful designs with special fabric pens.

For the next few days Eunwoo works all day and into the late evening on the project, sewing together piece after piece, until finally, the afternoon before the closing campfire Eunwoo helps a little girl from the Golden Eagle cabin make the final stitch.

the whole rest of the day you try to get Eunwoo to show the final product to you, but the boy is insistent that you wait until the closing campfire to see it, and so finally after hours of begging him to see it you give up and agree to wait till it is presented to the whole camp.

By the time that the closing campfire finally comes around there are a lot of smiles and tears to be shared, tomorrow the campers will be picked up by their families and go home, waiting until next summer to be able to see the camp and all their friends they made again. However, just because the summer is over for the campers doesn’t mean it is for the staff, there are still a few sessions left before the summer ends which means that in a few days a brand new group of campers will arrive, but it is sad nonetheless.

There are plenty of acts that go on during the closing campfire, each cabin needs to present a small skit to share to the entire camp, and then there are also individual acts that campers themselves can perform or present, and then finally right before the evening comes to an end, Eunwoo steps in front of the fire with several of the campers revealing their final project.

What they produced is breathtaking.

it’s a delicately stitched quilt, illustrating with various different patches and squares of fabric the things that the campers love and cherish the most about camp.

The border is made out of what looks to be a paisley pattern, a large map of the camp takes up the bottom left corner traveling up and into several different squares and spaces along the way. In one square there is a landscape of the lake and lakefront shed, in another is a bunch of handprints that belong to a bunch of the campers, their names written in the middle of their palms.

There are many more diverse and colorful squares and patches on the quilt, but their is one in particular that catches your eye. Up in the top corner of the quilt there is an elegantly cut out yellow sunflower sewn into the design, and you know instantly that it is the result of Eunwoo’s handiwork.

all you can think back to are all of those times Eunwoo called you his sunflower, how your smile always seemed to brighten up his day even when he was in the worst of moods, and your heart begins to swell to three times its size.

Eunwoo is looking straight at you, and even as your eyes meet his he can’t do anything but smile at you for now from across the fire pit.

After the reveal of the quilt the camp director jumps up to say a few words about how amazing this session was, and how they wish everyone will come back next year, and then it’s over and everyone is rushing back to their cabins.

Everyone except Eunwoo and you.

and then you’re alone besides the extinguished fire, and suddenly you’re speechless. You can’t think of anything to say to him. Should you thank him? What if you were just misinterpreting the sunflower thing because after all it is a popular flower--

Suddenly there is no need for words, no need for thank yous or praises because Eunwoo has crossed over to you and is pressing his lips tightly up against yours, and you’re melting into him.

After all this time you two are pressed up against each other, kissing each other like your lives depend on it and your lungs are burning, begging for air, you are apart again.

“I like you Y/N. I really really like you.” Eunwoo says in between his gasps for air.

“I really really like you too.”

“Really?” he says, “That’s a relief considering we just kissed and all.”

and you can’t help but giggle, looking up at him.

“Do you really think I look like a sunflower?” You ask him, kissing his cheek.

“Like a bouquet of them.” He says as he takes your hand into his. “I was wondering... after all the campers leave tomorrow morning, we have off. Can I take you out on a date?”

And if the look on your face hasn’t already given him your answer, your face being held by the palm of his hand, “I would love to.”

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