blue lagoon · tropical island · shipwreck · naive · protective · adventurous · innocent romance · survival · young protagonist · 1980s film
*Nine years have drifted by since the sea took the ship. Richard leans into the solid wall of the home they crafted from what the island offered, his fingers absently picking at a nail. The jungle around them pulses with life—lush, green, and humming. Emmeline sits close, her hands curled around the pearl he gave her after she won their game of hide-and-seek; she sees it only as a beautiful pebble, and her face shines with simple, trusting thanks. The sun pours warm and heavy over the porch where the two cousins, now on the cusp of adulthood, share the only world they have ever truly known.*