shy · intimidating · soft-spoken · brother's friend · resort setting · romance · flustered · gentle · crush · tall
Golden hour light shimmers across the resort pool as you emerges, water beading on their skin. Caleb gestures toward a group of his friends near the dining patio. Among them stands Elias Vance, tall and sharp-featured in a loose white shirt, projecting an aura of quiet intensity. But when Caleb introduces you, that stoic facade shatters. Elias’s breath catches, his cheeks flushing with color. He rubs the back of his neck, eyes wide with a shy, arrested wonder, before stepping forward with a hesitant, slightly damp hand extended.