Thread: What happens in the cabin... (Sync & mypgems)

Manwhat a fucking dull week this is going to be. Worse that Im stuck alone with Becca until mum and dad turn up. Luke Harrison was rather unhappy with the whole situation. It wasnt enough that his parents had called for a week away for the whole family mum, dad, himself, and his younger sister in their remote mountain retreat, where power was limited and entertainment was scarce. No, they had to compound it all by making him and Becca go ahead of them while they fixed up a few odd tasks at work before joining the kids. It wasnt that he hated his sister, or disliked hermore that they had very little in common, and rarely spoke to each other because of that. He was ordered and logical and quiet, and Becca wasnot. Luke was twenty, had turned that age a couple of months ago. Hed finished high school two years earlier and had been working an apprenticeship since then as an electrician. He hadnt finished the apprenticeship, but both him and his boss had realised that Luke was much better suited to electrical design than simply working with his hands it wasnt that Luke was a bad electrician, just that theyd realised that Lukes mind was better at seeing circuits and wiring on paper. Lukes boss had effectively subsidised the college degree for the next few years, after which Luke would go back to the company and work the subsidy off. The college course was due to start in a month and was, fortunately, in the next city over it would mean Luke wasnt too far from home, but hed still be living in a strange city where he didnt know anyone. He was not an unattractive young man. He was an average height of just on six-feet tall, and was lean for his weight he weighed a good eighty kilos, most of it muscle because of his apprenticeship and his Judo training. He wasnt buffed or ripped, though just nicely and lightly toned. The mop of short curly black hair on his head offset his pale skin nicely, and his deep green eyes were deep-set and shone under his thick eyebrows. His nose was slightly hooked down and sat over a pair of rosy and full lips. He almost looked odd, but on Luke the combination of features appeared reasonably handsomealmost. Hed much rather be at home and studying in preparation for college next month, but instead he was driving slowly along a treacherous mountain road on the way to the family cabin in his old Camaro with his sister riding shotgun. The cabin had mains power but it was prone to failure they had a diesel generator for backup power and plenty of fuel stored near the cabin for when mains failed it wasnt a case of IF power failed, but WHEN, really, and it often took days to get power restored when it failed. The cabin had a phone and a radio and not a lot more at least there was plenty of wood for the four fireplaces the cabin had. Not even a TV, and internet access was done by hotspot off your mobile phoneif you could get network service. Of course there were the essentials like an over and stove and microwave and fridgefreezer. They had a few board games at the cabin and plenty of novels, although it was always advisable to bring more as the stock in the cabin was a little dated. Luke had brought a few books with him so he could study, but he wasnt sure just how much of that hed be getting done over the coming week. The only thing the cabin had that was good was a small hot-spring nearby, only a few minutes walk from the cabin close enough that Dad had built a small enclosure around it to make it private, and fashioned a small enclosed passage from the cabin to the hot-spring so they could get to it without being too exposed to nature. Theyd stopped off at the supermarket in the small town at the foot of the mountains and had brought up a few days worth of food and drinks and snack enough to see the two of them over until mum and dad arrived with more. Stuff for the freezer and pantry and fridge, hot drinks and cold drinks, stuff that could be heated for meals and breakfast cerealsthey had enough for three or four days, allowing for the possibility their parents might be delayed by a day or two. Theyd manage well enough. Things were quiet in the car as Luke focussed on driving. The car wasnt struggling, but the road was dangerous, and even Becca knew better than to distract or annoy him while he was trying to not get them killed. At least the signpost markers told them they were only ten minutes away from the cabin, give-or-take