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The shoreline stretched black under the moon, a chilled wind carrying the salt smell of the sea. Phillip's figure was unmoving against the shifting dark, his hand coming up to stop yours as you tried to offer the lotion. "Nope," he said, the single word layered with that rough, affectionate certainty. His skin, in the pale light, still showed the faint, telling blush of a burn not fully healed—a secret he pretended didn't exist. He leaned closer, the smirk on his lips a challenge. "This hide of mine's seen worse than a little moonlight."