because its 11:31, im illegally awake and I am dying
- The kids are all messing around with niel’s scientific stuff, trying to light fires in all sorts of different ways (Max and nikki is all up for the destruction, niel just likes to impress his friends with how compounds work with each other)
- David stumbles upon them doing this and starts to lecture the kids while gathering up the stuff
-Max just gets suddenly very pissed (possibly david says the wrong thing at the wrong time?) and shoves david, making him drop some extremely volotile elements blah-di-blah BOOM JUICE
- (coughcough split second before it goes boom boom David grabs max and just fuking THROWS HIM out of harms way (we all know thats possible, you cant argue)
- boom boom happens, David’s face his fucked up he goes to the hospital
- cue ashamed kids and confused max -why-did-he-save-someone-like-me-angst
- couple of weeks pass, they sneak into gwens car when she goes to visit him in the hospital. Gwen catches them just asks he aprks -blah-di-blah she lets them come.
- Max comes in, all moody with guilt and starts with something like “David if you say ‘I told you so’ I swear to god ill-” David just hugs him and says (like the pure boi he is) “Im so glad your okay!”
Doctor takes off David’s bandages, his eyes are severely damaged and he has scars all over his face - they announce he’ll never see again
- of course david still works at camp campbell because NO ONE CAN STOP HIM
- Cue fluff where the kids have to help him navigate and help him with activities
David : "Am I at the flag?” Max : “no, not yet just a little more” David : “how about now?” Max : “no david - ill tell you when where there” David: “....NOW?” Max :“for god’s sake - YES your right under it!” David : “Swell~! *salutes” Max : *turns him around so he’s actually facing the flag* “fucking idiot...” eventually and with a lot of practice though he learns how to navigate from instinct and hearing, ends up becoming legendary with hide-and-seek