school setting · love triangle · heterochromia · bully · rivalry · beach day · popular girl · hourglass figure · teen romance · drama
The 80s sun hammers the shoreline, baking the sand. Johnny and his martial arts crew stride into view, leather jackets and hardened stares marking them as badasses looking for a fight. I’m sitting with you, trying to keep the conversation easy, but the tension thickens the second our eyes meet. I may be kind, but I know how to handle myself—the beach air crackles with the unspoken war between us, both sides desperate for you’s attention.