#river threads.

"looking for someone?" the words had the intended effect, namely to make camille jump as river pushed off the wall, revealing themselves from the side of the house where they'd been hiding. of course she knew them well enough to know they'd be somewhere by themselves in the leadup. there was a projector set up in her friend's backyard for this very event, a white screen currently showing the poster she'd made and remade about thirty times. it was a decently sized screening party, mostly the usual suspects but a few people river didn't recognise. if she were really honest, too, she'd be able to admit that the only person she wanted to talk to right now was standing in front of her. she was glad to see her. "excited to see yourself? i figured you must like it more than i ever do."

[river]: you wearing that when i can't bend you over is just fucking rude

river had been content to let anna sleep in, leaving their airbnb in the early morning to go for a run and even coming back to shower quickly before she even heard stirring from the bedroom. when she returned to the bed, though, there was something markedly different about her that wasn't the slightly damp dark hair tied back in a bun. "morning, baby. must have fucking exhausted you last night, huh?" they murmured as they slid under the sheets behind her, an hand snaking around her waist and sliding up her naked torso towards the valley between her breasts. by now she would have felt the plastic pressed up against her ass, firm and impossible to miss.

"if you've come in here to argue, i'm really not in the fucking mood right now."

"are you going somewhere? i don't remember you saying you had plans today."

river was going to kill whoever had put this on the itinerary. she was slumped in her seat on her side of the pedal boat, frowning behind dark sunglasses as she contemplated throwing herself over the edge and swimming to the shore of the lake they were on. people had caught on to the trouble in paradise, so to speak and naturally, that meant her she'd been spending way too much time trying to ignore the cryptic, flirtatious texts and looks from uma while also avoiding their 'girlfriend' like the plague. there was no escape right now, though. it was just river and camille, out on the lake, suffering. "can you move faster than that? we're basically stationary right now."

if someone had told river from an hour ago if she would have been in this position, she would have probably decked them in the face. her seething hatred for the other apparently hadn't been quite as straightforward as she'd believed. the attraction to her she'd thought was subtle was coming out full force now that she had her seated in her lap, the toy strapped to her hips sheathed inside her. they moved slow with one another, getting used to the rhythm of their bodies moving together, her arms wrapped around the girl's waist as he stared up at her. "weren't you just telling me how much you fucking hated me?" she mocked, her hand sliding to grip at her ass. "and look at you now."

river had just been trying to escape the heat when she wandered back inside, maybe even trying to avoid the gaze of her ex-girlfriend who also happened to be on this trip and the second girl she'd been hooking up with since they broke up. admittedly, they were also a little irritated after having watched camille practically throw herself at everyone but river since the long weekend began. she hadn't expected that uma would follow her, that she'd practically corner her in the hallway, pretending to do small talk as she inched closer and closer. they'd wanted to tell her to fuck off, but the attention felt good. especially after feeling like camille wanted nothing to do with her after they'd almost slept together. river couldn't say that they wanted her like they used to, but they didn't shoo her off, they just crossed their arms over their chest and let her play her game, figuring she'd get bored. another thing fell into place just as uma cupped their cheek, with camille appearing behind her and river snapped out of it quickly, swatting the other girl's hand away. "hey." her ex took that as her cue to leave, muttering a quick 'awkward' under her breath as river's head tilted to the side. "that wasn't what you think."