AN: So, a while ago I sent the Hudmel family to a cabin in the woods for a family vacation. Here is another drabble based on that trip!

Prompt: Jack Harkness - "Think dangerous. Think something you can only half-see, like a glimpse, like something out of the corner of your eye." - 'Torchwood'


Turning in the unfamiliar bed, trying to get comfortable, I spotted a dark shadow by the window. After a brief start, I realized the shadow was Kurt.

"What are you doing?" I asked propping myself up on one elbow.

"I saw something out here," Kurt replied, continuing to look out the window.

"What was it?"

"I don't know. I'm trying to figure that out. I saw like a shadow pass by the window. What if it's something dangerous?"

"What you mean like a bear?" I said absently, rolling onto my back in my search for a comfortable spot.

"A bear?" Kurt said alarmed. "Do you really think it was a bear."

~Apparently that was the wrong thing to say.~

"Dude, chill. Even if it was a bear, we're in a cabin. The doors are locked and I haven't heard of any bears breaking into cabins through the windows," I told him.

"Just because it's never happened, doesn't mean it can't," Kurt protested.

I looked to the side again. Kurt was still looking out the window. Apparently he had no intentions of climbing back in bed any time soon. That meant I either ignored him and tried to get comfortable in the uncomfortable bed or I did something to calm him down so that maybe we could both get some sleep tonight.

Sighing, I threw back the sheet and climbed from the bed, the old springs groaning their protest. Walking over to the window I put a hand across his shoulders.

"Come on," I told him, starting to lead him out of the room we were sharing.

"Where are we going?"

"We're both going to have some warm milk and chat until you've calmed down enough to go to sleep."

"We're in the middle of the woods with who knows what kind of animals. How am I supposed to sleep?" Kurt protested, though he went along with me.

"It's a camping trip, Kurt. People survive them every day and we're not any different. The worse that is going to happen is you may end up with a bug bite or a sunburned but it won't be the end of the world."

"Speak for yourself," Kurt muttered.

I sighed again. It was going to be a long night and if I didn't find a way to get Kurt to chill out and enjoy himself, it was going to be a long vacation.