I could never have predicted the amount of love creek cal has gotten. He’s practically got his own fan club. I’m so fucking tickled I can barely even express it. The most intriguing part to me is that he attracts people who aren’t particularly into Real Calum in the first place. I don’t understand what I’ve done, but I think it’s hilarious. 

I wish I knew exactly what I did right. I simply wrote Calum to comfort Michael the way that I wish someone would comfort me when I start having Thoughts and Feelings. But then, somehow, at the same time, he says the things I wish I could say to my friends when they tell me about their Thoughts and Feelings. It’s just hard to say the right thing at the right moment. Especially when you are having Thoughts and Feelings. 

Basically, the creek boys are the two sides of the conversations I have with myself in my head at the creek. I do a lot of comforting myself, because thanks to the pandemic, I am alone most of the time. I wish I had a real creek cal to tell me the comforting things I have to tell myself, because it’s easier to believe other people than yourself sometimes. 

Okay, so that got about a billion times more existential than I was expecting. What a funny little window into my impromptu journey to the still-unfamiliar land of self-sufficiency and independence. I really shouldn’t be surprised, given the nature of this AU. Now, let’s talk about the fun parts!!!

I've always wanted to be able to move water with my mind Percy-Jackson style. Been my dream since I was born. Calum Hood with hydrokinesis? Say absolutely fucking nothing. 

Since I’ve been spending so much time at this fucking creek, I’ve seen so many different animals: otters, beavers, a million squirrels, turtles, egrets, fish, herons, bats, frogs, lizards, hawks, a bunch of other birds we don’t need to mention. It got me thinking, damn, I wish I lived here and these were my neighbors and I could talk to them. Let’s blame the pandemic and isolation for those thoughts.

So creek cal became the person I wish I was. He even managed to make rock paint cool and romantic, which I could never do. I did rock paint today, actually! I’ve got some fun swirls on my leg I made while talking to Bella about how I had this ask from Taylor about creek cal.