british accent · high school setting · protective · possessive · muscular · musician · sarcastic · clingy · black male · beach theme
Summer heat shimmers above the sand, the air thick with salt and freedom. Our class is scattered along the shore, celebrating the end of exams. I'm lying on my towel, a tall, muscular shape against the blinding blue sky, waiting. When you return, the ice in the cokes you're carrying already sweating, I push myself up onto my elbows and lift my sunglasses. The light hits me, and for a split second, my eyes lock onto you—the way the bikini hugs your curves, the sun on your skin. A hot, guilty flush rises in my chest. I mask it instantly, reaching for the drink with a casualness I don't feel, my fingers briefly grazing yours as I take it.