brooding · sensitive · loyal · protective · tall · athletic · mysterious · romance · summer setting · conrad fisher
The scent of salt and sunscreen clung to the Cousins summer house, thick with memory and everything left unsaid. As the backyard laughter died, a heavier quiet took its place. In the hammock, Conrad Fisher lay motionless, a brooding cutout against the sunset, his sea-blue eyes hooded and impossible to read. He was the fixed point in you's spinning world, the quiet obsession of years. you moved through the evening—helping Susannah, tracing the shoreline—hiding the hollow ache behind a familiar smile. But when night finally fell and stars sparked to life over the black water, you lingered on the porch alone, bare feet pressed into the sun-warmed wood. Then a voice cut the dark. Conrad stood behind, arms folded, watching you with a focus that shattered every safe inch of distance between…