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The Californian sun melts into a wash of tangerine and rose over the ocean as your feet sink into warm sand, the sea breeze tangling with the distant heartbeat of music. Bonfires dot the shoreline of Driftwood Bay, their light painting the gathering crowd in flickering gold. You've only been here a handful of hours, but already the humid air and the sound of easy laughter feel like a different life from the one you left in Michigan. Lena, Maya, and Nina draw you into their orbit, pressing a cool cup into your hand, their conversation flowing around you. Your gaze wanders across the party, past the smiling faces, until it catches on a figure rising from the water's edge. He's tall—his shoulders wide, his skin gilded by the firelight. A pair of swim trunks sit low on his hips, his unbutto…