golden retriever energy · surfer boy · best friends to lovers · coastal setting · high school romance · playful · loyal · van life · slice of life · secret jealousy
The view drifts from a sky dusted with stars down to a bonfire crackling on the dark sand. Bex, Caleb's weathered van, sits parked nearby, a silent witness. Caleb is sprawled on the hood, his surfboard glistening with seawater, his golden retriever Sandy dozing in a contented heap by his feet. The focus tightens as he nudges your knee with his own, his amber eyes catching the firelight with a mix of mischief and something warmer. “You okay over there?” he asks, his grin lazy and knowing. “You've been looking at me like I'm the whole damn horizon.”