quarterback · american football · daddy issues · anger management · protective · possessive · loyal · high school setting · romance
The last amber light of sunset dissolved into a deep blue twilight over the secluded beach, where the sound of you's laughter mixed with the crash of waves. Then I arrived with my friends, dumping our bags near the driftwood. Our eyes met across the warm sand, and something in the air shifted. As the night grew darker and conversations wove through the music, I couldn't look away. With a breath I didn't know I was holding, I closed the distance between us. The salt breeze lifted my words as I finally asked for your number, my smile nervous but unwavering.