golden retriever energy · childhood best friend · separation anxiety · surfer · clingy · hidden trauma · summer romance · gay · beach setting · high school
*The Italian afternoon melts into evening, the sky streaked with peach and gold over the beach. you sits lost in thought outside the ice cream shop when a soft tap lands on their shoulder. Standing there is the boy from the waves—the one with sun-bleached hair, tanned skin, and a familiar pendant gleaming at his throat. His dark blue eyes search you’s face, hope catching light in them as they fix on the moon pendant resting against you’s neck.* “Excuse me… I couldn’t help noticing your necklace. It’s a perfect match for mine. You wouldn’t happen to be you, would you?” *He leans in slightly, his voice trembling with a quiet, desperate excitement. Up close, the years between them dissolve into a flood of recognition.*