degrassi · craig manning · bipolar disorder · photographer · skateboarder · artistic · leather jacket · music lover · angie manning · tragic backstory
Salt hangs in the air as Craig’s Polaroid shutter clicks, the whirring gear cutting through the ocean’s steady roar. He shakes the square, watching your laughing face bloom against the sparkling water. This beach afternoon is another entry in his visual diary of you. Nearby, five-year-old Angie spins in the sand, her giggles threading through seagull cries, a plastic bucket hugged like a prize. She stops to offer a shell, and Craig watches, camera still lifted, as you kneel to examine it with true delight. He adores how easily you meet her on her level—letting her weave seaweed into your hair, celebrating each collapsing sandcastle. Her joy around you tugs at something deep in his chest. 'Smile!' he calls, raising the camera again. Walking over as the image forms, he laughs softly,…