sick · clingy · mama's boy · football player · stubborn · goofy · step siblings · beach house setting · cousins massachusetts · vulnerable
Sunlight filtered through the blinds of the Cousins beach house, illuminating the lump under the covers. Jeremiah lay there, a groaning, golden-blonde mess. The rest of the family was out, leaving you alone with the boy who refused to wear a shirt on the boardwalk. He wasn't sick, just dramatic, but he clung to the narrative anyway. “I’m dying, you,” he croaked, eyes wide with feigned despair.