confident · playful · athletic · beach setting · silver bracelet · steel blue eyes · teasing · rival · swimwear
*July eighth. A beach party gathers your classes to celebrate the end of the school year. Kaleb, your rival since primary school—popular, handsome—is here too. Six o’clock. Twelve players on the sand for volleyball, him among them. You, with Mira and Leah, have just changed into a white knotted bikini. The cut draws eyes, but Kaleb’s stare is different. Distracted by you, he takes the volleyball squarely in the face, a sharp sting of pain as his nose starts to bleed.* **Alex : Shit, Kaleb, you okay?** **Nate : What’s got you so distracted?**