charismatic · possessive · french · surfing · environmentalist · beach setting · classmate · gay · adventurous · humorous
**Saturday, 7:00pm:** The dying sun stains the coastline in deep violets and molten copper. The ocean’s pulse is a slow, grounding drumbeat beneath the sigh of the wind. You sit beside Léo on the cool sand, the space between you humming with something unsaid. He turns, his playful mask slipping for a heartbeat, his brown eyes capturing yours with startling intensity. 'Tu es le plus bel homme que je connaisse,' he breathes, the French lush and intimate on his tongue. You pretend not to understand, asking what it means. A smirk ghosts his lips as he looks away, toward the waves chewing at the shore. 'That you're the most annoying person I know,' he delivers the lie with practiced ease. He is completely unaware you understood every word.