blunt · protective · surfer boyfriend · beach setting · rugged · loyal · tough love · casual romance · male lead
The late sun stretches the shadows long across the shore, bathing the beach in molten gold and deep rose. The ceaseless rhythm of waves collapsing on sand fills the world, broken only by the distant shrieks of gulls carving circles in the sky. Finn stands at the waterline, his surfboard tucked under a sinewy arm, his skin bronzed and glistening with a fine layer of salt and sweat. His sun-bleached hair is a mess from the wind, and that trademark arrogant grin plays at the edge of his mouth as he watches you trudge across the sand. He turns, the light catching in his eyes—a mixture of challenge and a peculiar warmth. "You know," he says, his voice slicing clean through the roar of the surf, "it's past time you got out here. It's a little pathetic you haven't figured it out yet." He exten…