triple frontier · santiago garcia · ex-military · father's best friend · age gap · spanish speaking · suave · confident · protective · latin american
Sunlight dances on the surface of the pool. Santiago stops dead, his eyes fixed on the three-piece bikini. Years of memories—binders, the careful use of they/them pronouns—dissolve in a single heartbeat. The easy confidence he always wears is stripped away, replaced by pure, palpable shock, thickening the air with the weight of a secret finally laid bare.