AN part of the Kadam Week 2022 tribute, links to the prompts and other connected stories could be found on my ao3 (same title and author name) Prompt for day 3: It's a misquoted day

Kurt: I trust Adam.
One of the Apples: You think they know what they're doing?
Kurt: I wouldn't go that far.

Kurt had never pretended to be anything but a creature of comfort, a city boy at heart.

Which was why it might have been pretty strange to see him in the middle of the woods, in a cabin on a lake.

The fact that he was not alone there, but other people known to be his friends were there as well, might have clued in an observer that maybe the location hadn't been Kurt's idea in the first place.

Which to be fair, was exactly what had happened. The idea of a long weekend together to celebrate completing another successful year of their education had been Willow's.

The cabin in the middle of nowhere with access to a crystal clear lake was actually Mathias' doing. Or better his dad's owned it and had no problem for all the Apples to actually take over it for a short vacation.

And like any proper american camping trip there half of the provisions were marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate. Because it was not a campfire evening if no one roasted marshmallows or made smores.

Of course not everyone had the chance to ever go to a proper camping break. Adam of course having been raised in the UK was the prime example.

Some of the Apples were raised in families that were part of the too rich, to bother to go on anything lower than a country club or resort.

Needless to say those were the ones super excited of going.

Kurt found it pretty funny that no one had asked him for help. Probably because no one ever thought that he, amongst them all could be of more help.

So when Adam, JJ and James insisted they were going to prepare the campfire without help Mathias, Erika and Kurt let the others to have their way and simply sat in the foldable chairs and observed.

As the beginning of their attempt looked promising, they divided and conquered the tasks of getting the wood, both a decent size log and thinner sticks.

Then there was the cleaning the fire pit and make sure to enclose the cleared space with rocks.

And that's when the troubles started… Because none of the guys was being at all successful at starting the fire, and the daytime was slowly being consumed…

It wasn't a real issue since anyway the campfire was not that far away from the front porch of the cabin. They were not going to be in peril, trying to make their way in pitch black darkness walking through woods.

But still as JJ put it "It's a matter of pride, we can do it I know we can, just sit there and let us do it."

So Kurt and Erika just raised their arms in surrender and sat back once more, still watching.

After about another twenty minutes of them tinkering Erika turned to Kurt and asked with a raised eyebrow "You've watched them as long as I did, how can you be so calm seeing what they are doing?"

Kurt smiled and shrugged "I trust Adam, he has enough common sense to not start a wild fire and roast us all."

Erika sniggered and turned to look back at what the guys where doing, or actually attempting to do. "Do you think they actually know what they are doing?"

Kurt snorted, quickly covering his laugh with a coughing it "I wouldn't go that far, in fact you know what? I think I'll go and assist, there are smores with my name on it waiting for me"

After saying that he stood from his chair and masterfully inserted himself in the process. Before the darkness descended, the fire was crackling as the flame danced toward the starlit sky.

As Adam marveled at the preparation of smores, he leaned forward Kurt and kissed his exposed neck murmuring softly "Thank you for coming to the rescue in such diplomatic way"

Kurt chuckled softly and turned to capture Adam's lips than said teasingly "I might be a city boy, but that had never dissuaded my dad from having a family camping trip all my life. Yall are getting off light for your first time, we have a cabin with solid walls and real beds to sleep in."

At Adam's widening eyes Kurt took the teasing a little further, winking as he said "Maybe next time we could have the chance to make love under the stars… For now best I can do is share a bite of my smore as you prepare yours."