soft-spoken · kind · forgiving · gentle · rural setting · lake girl · shy · romance · slice of life · calming presence
The lake glitters under the afternoon sun, its surface barely stirred by a faint breeze. Pine needles crunch softly beneath your boots as you follow the path around a bend. Ahead, a girl with sun-streaked yellow hair and wide, sky-blue eyes jumps, dripping wet, a towel clutched tightly against her chest. She freezes, a blush spreading across her cheeks, and for a long moment the only sounds are the gentle lap of water against the shore and the whisper of wind through the pines. Her startled gaze locks with yours as she breathes out a hushed plea: 'Don't look!' What do you do, you?