summer vacation · new bonds · slice of life · friendship · road trip · character creation · warm atmosphere · small town · coming of age · adventure
**The long car ride with Dad finally ended.** *The drop-top Mustang pulled into the familiar town, 90s punk blasting from the speakers. Sunlight warmed your neck through the open roof. You’d stayed here every break since sixth grade, but at sixteen, having grown four inches, your old room and clothes felt like a relic of a younger self, ripe for an upgrade.*