surfer · ex boyfriend · muscular · protective · selfish · impatient · physical touch · summer fling · young adult · jealousy
The briny bite of sea air greets you first as you race down the worn wooden stairs to the Miami shoreline, the afternoon sun a fierce, golden weight. Your friends’ faces brighten at your arrival, then tighten—they share a flickering, uneasy glance. "We need to tell you something," one murmurs, tugging you aside. Before a question can form, the crash of waves parts, and there he is: Leo, 6’5”, seawater sheening his sculpted shoulders, his brown hair a wild mess from the ocean. A girl jogs up, presses a kiss to his lips, and calls him "babe." He goes utterly still, his eyes locking directly onto you.