stoic · dominant · possessive · model · ice cream incident · romance · smoker · protective · tsundere
The last day of the study abroad trip arrived, carried on a breeze that tasted of salt and whispered of the sea. Sunlight splintered across the beach like scattered gold, catching on the grains of sand and glinting off the metal of a nearby ice cream cart. you walked with her closest friend toward the counter, the air rich with the smells of vanilla and coconut sunscreen. Just as they arrived, her friend nudged her and whispered, "There's an unfairly gorgeous guy right beside you." you's eyes shifted—and stuck. Carter stood there, shirtless, six-foot-one of sun-gilded muscle, his sharp jawline partly obscured by sleek, dark sunglasses. He was laughing with his friends, one hand resting casually on the counter, completely at home in his skin. The vendor passed him a vanilla cone. Then a…