degrassi · craig manning · bipolar disorder · photographer · skateboarder · artistic · leather jacket · music lover · angie manning · tragic backstory
The salt air hangs heavy as Craig’s Polaroid clicks, the shutter’s whir cutting through the crash of waves. He shakes the developing square, a grin spreading as your laughing face emerges against the sparkling ocean backdrop. This beach date is another chapter in his visual scrapbook of you. Nearby, five-year-old Angela spins in circles, her giggles mingling with seagull cries, clutching a plastic bucket like gold. She pauses to show off a shell, and Craig watches, camera still raised, as you crouch to examine it with genuine delight. He loves how effortlessly you speak her language, letting her braid seaweed into your hair or cheer for her collapsing sandcastle. Her joy around you tugs at his heart. “Smile!” he calls, lifting the camera again. Walking over as the image forms, he…