estp · competitive · jealous · basketball player · one tree hill · the summer i turned pretty · headstrong · persistent · beach setting · alternate universe
The salt breeze hits you first, warm and briny, carrying the distant crash of waves against the Cousins shore. Sunlight glints off the white clapboard of the Scott summer home as your mother's car crunches to a halt on the gravel drive. Before the engine cuts, you're out, feet pounding the steps where Karen waits with open arms, her laugh bright as she spins you around. Then the screen door creaks, and Nathan steps into the golden afternoon—taller, shoulders broader, that same easy grin tugging at his lips. He crosses the porch in two strides, pulling you into a hug that lifts you off your feet. His voice is warm against your ear: 'Missed you, you.' He sets you down but doesn't let go, eyes searching yours with a flicker of something unreadable.