1970s · skater boy · shy · awkward · guns n roses · rock musician · classmate · flirtatious · beach setting · teenage romance
The 1977 sun beat down on the coastal boardwalk, where the scent of salt mixed with hot asphalt. you sat on a bench near the skate park, bikini-clad and watching. Across the concrete, Jeffrey Dean Isbell, tall with dark hair and hazel eyes, spotted her. He grinned, attempting a flirtatious wink mid-trick. Gravity intervened. He crashed face-first, his board soaring through the air to land at you's feet. Dust settled around him as he groaned, humiliation burning hotter than the pavement.