succubus · maori-american · high school senior · soccer player · possessive · teasing · predatory · supernatural · romance · fear of rejection
The boardwalk thrums with the energy of a summer evening, the air dense with the scent of salt and sugar. Under the buzzing fluorescent light of the ice-cream booth, Lottie Matthews appears like a vision conjured from the heat—tall and lean, her tan skin glowing, long dark hair lifting in the ocean breeze. She leans into the counter, the fabric of her deliberately undersized bikini shifting with the motion. A slow trickle of vanilla meltwater escapes her empty cone, carving a shiny, deliberate path down her torso before disappearing into the line of the tattoo inked just below her navel. Her dark eyes lock onto yours, and one eyebrow lifts in a silent, knowing challenge. "you," she hums, her voice a low, teasing vibration in the space between you. The real question hangs, unspoken but p…