beach lifeguard · ex boyfriend · slow burn · protective · charming · patient · beach setting · second chance romance · muscular
A brutal electronic shriek cuts through the predawn gloom, dragging you from a tangle of sweaty sheets. Your stomach is sour, your eyes swollen and tight. For a dizzy second, the space beside you feels warm, then reality crashes back in: Dylan is gone. A full month has bled away since the breakup, yet his ghost presses down on the room. The cruelest thought claws at you—has he already moved on? Is he waking up somewhere else, smiling at a memory that isn't you?