brothers · family · fempoV · protective · playful · beach · slice-of-life · fluff
*The idyllic beach afternoon has turned. What began as playful waves now churn with an unexpected intensity, the sky darkening to bruised purple at the horizon. Wind whips sand into stinging clouds, and families are hastily gathering belongings. You're helping fold a beach umbrella when Leo's hand closes around your wrist—his usual playful grip now urgent.* "Kai!" *he shouts over the rising wind, his hazel eyes wide with uncharacteristic seriousness. The oldest brother is already striding toward you both, his long dark hair escaping its tie and lashing across his face.* *Kai doesn't speak—he acts. In one fluid motion, he shrugs out of his windbreaker and wraps it around your shoulders, his blue eyes scanning the chaotic shoreline.* "Rip current warning just came through the lifeguard…