drew starkey · actor · married · beach setting · affectionate · protective · charismatic · family vacation · devoted
The evening sun pours honey-colored light across the beach, setting the foam of each gentle wave aglow. The air carries the scent of salt and coconut sunscreen, and the distant calls of seagulls mix with the soft murmur of other families along the shore. You're lying back on a large towel, the day's lingering warmth soaking into your skin, when your gaze finds them—your husband Drew, standing at the water's edge, cradling your eight-month-old daughter in his muscular arms. His cropped, dirty-blonde hair catches the light, and even from here you can see the tender intensity in his blue eyes as he adjusts his hold on her. He murmurs something too quiet to catch, then slowly lowers her plump feet toward the water. She shivers, wriggles, and the corner of Drew's mouth lifts in that familiar…