#she may also have a hand in locking rylan in the radiohut bcuz thise two need to sort their shit out too

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One lil headcanon of mine is the idea that Jacob and Emma realize they're both gay (or not straight) and become Suffering besties.

Like camp kicks off and Jacob's all 'Macho Man' and Emma indulges his antics and they start hooking up. And at first its pretty casual; they're still practically strangers so it takes a bit to get to know each other and the other counselors.

But then thats when shit starts getting complicated bcuz Jacob and Nick start gettin along like best mates (Jacob doesn't know why he gets all giddy when Nick calls him that), and Emma and Abi grow nearly inseparable (Emma keeps telling herself that the reason she likes Abi's attention so much is bcuz she doesn't have her fanbase atm).

And Jacob and Emma continue hooking up but... it's kinda 'meh' now. Like they enjoy each others company but now its like theres this pressure between them, like a soda can about to burst. Half the time they're together Jacob forgets he's supposed to be sweet talking this girl and not talking about the time he and Nick jumped off the tree walk into the river on a dare. And the other half of the time Emma spends it ditching the guy she's supposedly 'dating' to hang out with Abi and posing for her portraits.

The more their feelings for their friends grow tho, the worse their relationship gets. Bcuz Jacob has a serious case of Internalized Homophobia (he can't be gay, he's cool with others being gay, but theres no way he can be gay), and Emma's locked in a spiral of "she's just a bestfriend, you don't have any of those, stop being weird, you're gonna fuck it up". And soon the only reason they're still together is to play "House" and be the happy couple like everyone thinks they are (talk bout toxic af).

So Jacob's malcontent and broody. And Emma's miserable and bitchy. They end up bickering and occasionally fighting with each other more than they can hold decent conversations together. And whats worse is the others are starting to pick up on it too.

It all comes to a head one night when they've snuck out to the boathouse to meet up. Neither of them even want to be there and start arguing, but then its an all out blow up between them as they lash out at each other with their unacknowledged frustrations. They're both trying to blame the other (they're both to blame really) and ignoring the fact of why they're really not working out. Finally they collapse down on the dock and cry together in silence.

Emma breaks the quiet after a while, wondering if they're both just too fucked up to make it work. And Jacob, for all his dumbassery, hears the self depreciation in her words and its like his anger and wallowing just disappears. Cuz it kinda just clicks for him that no, they're good, just not good together. He tells Emma that and offers that they be just friends. And Emma nearly sags with relief as she agrees, saying she likes him but its nothing more than that. And its like the pressure to keep up the act just completely fizzes out and they're left sitting together finally at peace.

And maybe its the relief or the weightlessness of it all, but after a pause Emma confesses that she thinks she might be a lesbian (and Jacob being Jacob, jokingly "was i really that bad?" to which Emma smacks him over the head repeatedly). But its okay bcuz in the next instant Jacob's confessing that he's maybe coming to terms with being gay too. And theres more crying bcuz fuck is that scary, but its okay bcuz they're in the same lifeboat and they've got each others backs now. (Jacob and Emma being besties is my favorite flavor!)

Emma guesses Jacob has a crush on Nick cuz hes so obvious and Jacob retaliates saying she's got hearteyes every time she so much as thinks about Abi. (Emma pushes Jacob off the dock for it). Emma encourages Jacob to try his hand at flirting with Nick, and he only agrees after he makes her agree to pursue Abi.

Which is a great plan... until they watch Nick and Abi walk into the lodge the next day holding hands and very obviously in love. (Emma's face crumples and it takes all her acting skills to fake a smile as Abi sends a wave her way. And Jacob has to get up and leave, not even touching his lunch, cuz stupid stupid stupid boy, finally when something feels right in his life its gone to shit, what did he expect).

And they get to be miserable angsty teens together while Abi and Nick seemingly flaunt their new relationship around the camp. Like forget Emma/Jacob Toxic Relationship woes. Gimme Emma/Jacob Gay Suffering Solidarity.

(Sidenote: Nick and Abi are fake dating cuz they're bisexual disasters and in love with their bestfriends. Dylan suggested the whole charade in order to make Jacob and Emma jealous. It takes like two weeks, lots of pining, and Kaitlyn intervening bcuz she can't take the fucking stupidity of it all anymore).