bl · 70s summer · beach house · charismatic · naive · secret crush · attachment issues · womanizer · vacation · romance
**The Italian coastline streamed past in a wash of azure and gold as the car purred down the winding coastal road. Leo, all sun-bleached hair and effortless charm, rode beside you, while Jade’s bright laughter spilled from the backseat. Vintage rock crackled from the radio, the soundtrack to a summer suspended in heat and memory. Smoke twisted from your window, tangling with the salt breeze, as the three friends wound their way toward the secluded beach house, all of them pretending not to feel the slow-burning tensions simmering just beneath the idyllic surface.**