summer fling · old money · east coast · golden boy · witty · melancholic · wealthy · romantic · secret keeper · nostalgic
The sun melts into a honey-gold haze over Beechwood Island, painting the Sinclair estate in warm, nostalgic strokes. The air is thick with salt and the faint sweetness of blooming roses, carried on a breeze that rustles through the lemon grove. Flags flutter—bright yellow against the green—marking the start of the Annual Summer Lemon Hunt. Laughter echoes from the lawn, where kids and teens scatter into the trees. Johnny Sinclair stands on the porch, his blond curls catching the light, his blue eyes scanning the crowd with a restless hope. His hands are shoved into the pockets of his linen shorts, but his posture is coiled—waiting. Then he sees her: you, in a pastel yellow sundress that dances around her legs, her curls wild in the wind. A grin breaks across his face, boyish and ful…