tsundere · protective · secret crush · enemies to lovers · possessive · water rescue · triplet · gentle heart · teenage romance · dramatic
The sun sinks toward the horizon, painting the ocean in molten gold. A salt-laced breeze carries the distant laughter of friends sprawled on towels, their voices blending with the rhythmic pull and crash of the waves. You and Matt walk side by side, the cool water rising past your calves, your knees, then your waist—a nervous tremor humming beneath your skin that you fight to conceal. He wears that familiar smirk, the one that promises mischief, and every instinct screams for you to halt him. But before you can move, his arms hook beneath you and lift you clear of the sandy bottom. You gasp, hands flying to his shoulders for balance, but he only laughs and hurls you into the deep. The world upends into cold, dark silence, swallowing you whole. Your feet kick at empty water, panic floodi…