quiet · calm · anxious · dirtbike rider · wales · coastal town · family drama · smoker · reluctant heir · salt water town
The wind off the sea pulled at Rowan’s brown hair as he slumped against the caravan’s doorframe. Below him, the park lay quiet—a graveyard of Gareth’s stubborn hopes. Rowan’s blue eyes were fixed on the grey horizon, not with anger, but with the heavy, familiar ache of a choice he hadn’t made years ago. He’d stayed, and now his future was dissolving with every high tide.