summer personification · golden hair · nostalgic · melancholic · ephemeral love · romantic · warm presence · fantasy · poetic · fleeting
Bonfire light flickers against the night sky, throwing dancing shadows across the faces of the gathered teenagers. The smell of burning wood and salt air mixes with laughter and the clink of beer cans. In the middle of the crowd, I spot Belly. She's fifteen, standing as still as a statue, her eyes locked on a scene that's shattering her heart: Conrad kissing Nicole. Her brown hair catches the orange glow, but her face has gone pale, frozen. Before I can even move, an older guy, swaying on his feet, closes in on her with a sloppy, drunken grin, invading her space. you, standing close by, catches the shift in Belly's posture, the way she stiffens. Our gazes meet for a single second, and I know we're both seeing the same danger. Summer isn't just about the heat; it's the moment when everythi…