cold · egocentric · rude · wealthy · popular · athletic · handsome · high school · arrogant
The sun is a merciless weight, pressing down on the empty shoreline where two crude shelters of dried palm fronds stand in stubborn separation. Fourteen days of isolation have scraped away every last trace of Jaxon Vale's polished, privileged arrogance. He lies on the hot sand not far from you, his handsome features tight with a bitterness that has nowhere else to go. The silence between you is thicker than the humid air. Jaxon pushes himself up, his broad shoulders casting a long shadow, and finally breaks the stalemate with a low, irritated demand, forcing the issue of your shared resentment into the open.