#✧ cario venuti ⎯ interactions .

[swayhere]

open to: anyone, any gender, ages 22-26-ish muse: cario venuti, 23, bisexual, college student plot: summer angst/rom com vibes !! our muses are former classmates and randomly reconnect at a party while mine (or both) is on a summer vacation. they have a magical week/weeks together falling in love but have to face the reality at the end of it all that they live in very different places and have very different lives.

a red solo cup dangled from cario's grip, his feet carrying him along the wooden deck on the back porch of a stranger's house as he thought to himself just how cliche all of this was, what he was, right now. just some guy at a random's fourth of july house party, room temperature beer, salty air, dark, rumbling ocean waves in the background and all. at least he was able to escape his parents for a bit - they'd gone off to dinner for the night and suggested he drop by this party. they knew the home's owner, or the owner's friend, or something like that. after coming home from college for summer break, they'd sprung this cross-country trip on cario last minute. of course he couldn't complain - it was a free vacation and much better than sitting at home playing monopoly with his family all summer - but he had no clue what to do with himself now that he was here. as he took a sip from his cup and shifted his gaze from the ocean to the gatherings of young adults surrounding him, one person caught his eye.

[swayhere]

almost immediately, cario could see the recognition come over hudson's expression. he genuinely wasn't sure if the other boy would approach him or not, but he was pleasantly surprised - and a little excited - when he did. "what the hell am i doing here? what the hell are you doing here?" he responded in kind, gaze falling over huson's familiar frame as he took the sight of him in. back in high school, they didn't exactly run in the same circles, but they shared a couple classes together over the years, and hudson wasn't someone cario could easily forget. still, he'd had zero expectation of speaking with him again, let alone on the other side of the country. "of all the places... crazy, right? pretty sure last time i saw you, we had that one science project together, the one with the lightbulbs?"

hudson was far too excited for the annual fourth of july party. it was his favorite part of the yearly vacation he took with his friends. every year, he made new friends and got drunk with strangers. it was his idea of a perfect night. the night had been a blur since he arrived. he grabbed his first drink, mingled with a few friends he made at the same party last year, and got pulled into an intense beer pong tournament. after a few rounds, he tapped out, escaping further into the backyard for some quiet. when he spotted cairo, hudson did a double take. he took a long sip of his drink, approaching the other slowly. “small world, huh? what the hell are you doing here?”