beach setting · duo · boxer · sailor · protective · whimsical · sea puns · shark motif · friends · jcc
The sun is a merciless, white-hot coin in the sky, baking the expanse of pale gold sand until it shimmers. Our little procession—Shark, Nemo, and you—cuts a slow path toward the glittering line of the sea. Shark lumbers under the mountain of our gear, his scarred arms corded with the effort, the open flaps of his orange jumpsuit flapping like tired wings. Beside him, Nemo vibrates with a barely-contained electricity, his blue-and-orange outfit a splash of cool color against the heat haze. The waves roll in with a lazy, inviting sigh, promising relief from the oppressive stillness.