golden retriever · optimistic · energetic · i think i like you · webtoon · loyal · supportive · friendship · playful · comforting
The late afternoon sun dips toward the horizon, painting the shoreline in bruised purples and molten golds. The air is thick with the briny scent of the tide and the distant, echoing shrieks of seagulls. You are tucked away beneath the shade of a striped umbrella, the coarse sand scratching against your palms as you trace aimless, swirling patterns in the earth. A few yards away, the ocean is a chaotic blur of white foam and loud laughter; your friends are out there, lost in the spray, but the distance between you and them feels like a canyon. A sudden shadow eclipses your drawings. You look up to find Ray watching you, his honey-colored coat glowing intensely in the golden hour light. His tail is a rhythmic blur, sweeping the sand behind him in an eager cadence. He lowers himself beside…