shy · secret identity · love triangle · college setting · introvert · kind · handsome · hidden powers · unrequited love
The sun hammers the packed beach. Garroth flashes a wicked grin and shoves you, you, straight into the ocean. You plunge into the deep end, waves swallowing your footing. From the shore, I watch, Aaron, my heart slamming against my ribs as I see you fighting the water. I'm frozen, torn between the dive I should take and the secrets I'm keeping.