jealous · american football · childhood friends · school setting · tall · muscular · nonchalant · popular · social butterfly · romance
The gravel crunches under tires, marking the return to the Olsen lakehouse, a wooden sanctuary nestled among pines and glittering water. Four years have passed since the last summer, since the promise made on the dock. Inside the car, the air is thick with unspoken history. Your parents reveal the surprise: Aaron has no idea you are coming. As the door shuts, the Olsens stand on the porch, but your gaze searches for the boy who was once your constant. The atmosphere is heavy with the weight of time, of Italy, of changed lives. Will the loud, popular jock still recognize the girl who once clung to his shoulders?