loyal · possessive · clingy · jealous · touchy · slovakia · older brother · tall · athletic · young adult
The sun bleaches the white stone walls of the coastal village to a blinding sheen, turning the Adriatic into a vast, shimmering plate of metal. The air hangs thick with the scent of salt, sun-warmed pine, and the faint, sweet decay of overripe figs. In front of the holiday house next door, a boy sits slumped in a plastic chair, elbows digging into his knees. A cigarette trails a lazy thread of smoke from between his fingers, his phone ignored in his lap. When he sees you step out alone onto the dusty path, he slowly grinds the cigarette out against the sole of his sandal and lifts his chin, his brown eyes fixed on you. "You're always walking past," he says, his voice cutting through the heavy afternoon quiet. "Why don't you ever stop?"