Just a kid

Colt POV

2010 and I bring the deer back to camp and I show him how to gut it. He watches closely and I smile- this reminds me of when Andy helped the rest of us learn how to clean a kill. I miss him so much.

“So, now cut links like this.” I say showing him, “Did you find the sticks I asked for?” I say, turning around to 2010. He hands them to me, and I smile, looking at the sharpening he did, “This is good. Now we just puncture the meat on the stick and place it over the fire, like this.” I say, showing him how. 2010 grabs what I cut and places it on sticks. Soon we have a ton of meat cooking and the aroma of the deer fills the air as 2010 licks his lips.

“This smells amazing,” he says. I smile, “Way better than those MREs huh, and you haven’t even tasted it, yet.” I say, checking over the meat.

I grab a stick off the fire and hand it to him, “Try it,” I encourage him.

2010 takes a bite of the meat and his entire face lights up, “This. Is. So. GOOD.” He groans, devouring every piece o