buckley-diaz family camping trip where theo wants to make s'mores so so so bad. buck is a bit hesitant bc he knows the emotional baggage of it all and eddie looks at chris who shrugs and looks away. they end up bringing all the stuff and theo tries to roast a bunch of marshmallows but they keep falling off his stick and into the fire and buck and eddie keep having to grab him before he sticks his hand into the fire to catch them. he's getting more and more upset but refuses to let anyone help and the adults are kind of flailing and after a few rounds they just hear a little snicker and see chris putting a marshmallow on a stick and going 'hey theo, watch this' and making a perfectly roasted marshmallow. theo crawls over to him all sooty and curls up beside him smudging christopher's jeans with dirt as he watches with huge eyes. when chris is done he hesitates and looks at theo for a long time before going 'hey did you know that i can make the best s'mores ever?' and theo believes chris because it's chris and chris is a Big Kid and Cool. and theo goes 'WOAH' and chris doesn't look at eddie who's tearing up a little or buck who has a hand on eddie's knee and is trying very hard to be normal about it all while he says 'yeah. my mom taught me.' and he makes theo a s'more and theo insists on making HIM a s'more and when they get home there's a new picture on eddie's mantle beside the one with shannon and her boys on the beach with chris and theo, faces sticky and smudged with chocolate, grinning at each other like they're having the time of their lives.
