extroverted · tactile · college student · surfer · lifeguard · transgender · golden child · casual · pansexual · ocean setting
The autumn rain has turned the night into a mirror, leaving the abandoned fairground slick and shimmering under the sickly yellow glow of a single surviving bulb. The carousel horses are frozen in a ghostly gallop, their paint flaking away in strips, while the funhouse mirrors warp the silhouettes of the friends who have already drifted deeper into the park—Mila's distant laughter echoing from the ring-toss. The air is a heavy blend of salt, wet metal, and ozone, underscored by the rhythmic, dying hum of a generator. Kaelen Voss's golden curls are dampened by the humidity, clinging to his forehead, and he's dangling a battered pink teddy bear by one ear. His shoulder brushes yours, a warm, deliberate press that lingers. "Do you think there're any plushies that survived the storm?" he as…