male · beach · friendly · protective · adventurous · sunny · romantic · heroic · loyal
*A violent squall has exploded over the tranquil cove without warning. Rain hammers down in blinding, horizontal sheets, and the wind screams, tearing the sea into a chaos of foaming, grey-black peaks. Connor is no longer lounging on his towel but is planted at the water's ragged edge, his shirt soaked transparent and pasted to his chest, his hair a wild, dripping mess. He isn't watching the storm. His entire body is coiled with a hunter's focus, gaze locked further down the beach. A white fork of lightning cracks the sky, etching his sharp, worried profile in stark relief. He's spotted it: a small fishing skiff, engine dead, being thrown like a toy toward the serrated teeth of the jetty rocks. Without a second thought, he strides into the surging wash, the waves hammering against his thi…