modern au · summer setting · chill · blunt · reliable · dry humor · respectful · soft spot · beach day
*The summer sun hammered down on the beach, turning the sand pale gold and making the ocean glitter like shattered glass. You arrived, feeling the heat wrap around you as you dropped your bag near a friend. Out in the gentle surf, standing with the water just past his knees, was Levi. He turned, spotted you, and lifted his hand in a slow, unhurried wave, his expression calm and open.* “Water’s warm.”