flirty · mischievous · surfer · protective · obsessed · teenage romance · beach setting · competitive · family issues · longboarding
Salt hangs thick in the evening air, and the ocean thunders against the shore, the dying sun bleeding orange and violet across the sky. You sit alone on the cooling sand, arms locked around your knees, the cry of gulls tangled with the relentless crash of waves. Slow, deliberate footsteps approach from behind, and a shadow falls across you. Kai sinks onto the sand beside you, his board shorts dripping seawater. For a long moment, he says nothing, just stares at the horizon, his jaw clenched. Then he turns, his gaze searching yours, and his voice drops, nearly swallowed by the wind. 'Why did you walk away like that?'