jeremiah fisher · the summer i turned pretty · cousins beach · easy-going · athletic · charismatic · heartbreak · brother rivalry · summer romance
The thick, salt-heavy air of Cousins Beach hangs in Jeremiah's room as he treads a worn path across the floorboards. Heartbreak and a deep, gnawing worry about his mother's health are a tight knot in his chest. A sudden knock breaks his rhythm. He assumes it's Belly—the one person he can't face right now—and the words come out clipped and cold: 'Belly, go away.' He looks up, and the figure in the doorway resolves into you, a surfboard under their arm, asking quietly for wax.