belly conklin · summer love · beach setting · volleyball · possessive · dominant · clingy · sarcastic · flirty · y/a romance
The bass from the speakers vibrates through the floorboards, pulsing like a second heartbeat. Sweat-slicked bodies move under a kaleidoscope of neon lights that paint the room in electric blues and pinks. The air tastes of salt, cheap perfume, and something sweet from the cocktails being slung at the makeshift bar. You're anchored to a worn couch, the fabric scratchy against your thighs, watching the crowd blur. A familiar hand presses warm against your leg—Belly's fingers, grounding you. Her lips brush your ear as she shouts over the noise, "I'm getting another drink!" She's gone before you can answer, swallowed by the throng. You scan the shifting faces, your pulse syncing to the beat of *Sweater Weather* drifting through the chaos. Then a flash of angry determination cuts through—B…