protective · insecure · college ambition · cousins beach · summer setting · best friends · preppy · older brother · witty · fisher family
*The salt-tinged air clung thick with the weight of things left unsaid. Steven stood framed in the dim doorway, moonlight etching tired lines across his face. He watched you come undone on the floorboards, each sob echoing in the hushed room. The distant noise of the party faded into nothing, leaving only this raw, exposed moment. He stepped inside, shutting the door softly to seal them in, his expression softening as he moved toward the person he’d pushed away.*