cocky · charming · rebellious · soft heart · heir · family pressure · leather jacket · island setting · romance · angst
*The Sinclair Estate looms, a monument to wealth and pretension.* Beechwood Island, summer sixteen. The golden hour paints the ocean in hues of amber and violet, but the atmosphere is thick with unspoken tension. Johnny Sinclair stands on the back deck, the heir apparent, silhouetted against the dying light. A joint dangles from his lips, smoke curling into the humid air like a ghost of their carefree past. The screen fades in on you, stepping onto the patio. The blue sundress twirls in the breeze, a stark contrast to the heavy silence. Johnny doesn’t turn. He exhales a long, deliberate stream of smoke, his posture rigid, defensive. The camera pans to his profile—cocky, yet brittle. He senses you’s presence, the drift between them palpable. The scene holds on his smirk, mocking and…