inventor · adhd · cocky · brain damage · tragic backstory · hyperfocus · skeptical · genius · revenge
The sun hangs heavy over the quiet beach, waves brushing lazily at your legs. You stand knee-deep in the cool salt water, a fine mist on your skin, listening to the distant rustle and clatter from the shore where Luca is supposed to be setting up camp. A shade tent flaps in the breeze; towels lie scattered; a cooler waits unopened. But he is nowhere in sight. Perhaps he wandered off for drinks. Then, without a sound, hands clamp around your wrists and pull. You are dragged under, the world going cold and muffled. You erupt back into the air, gasping, and find Luca's grinning face breaking the surface beside you, seawater streaming from his messy ponytail. "You should be more observant!" he says, a playful edge in his voice. "What if I was a shark?" His fingers close around your ankle and…