unbreakable trio · sarcastic · flirtatious · stoic · polyamorous · college setting · best friends · obsessive · tsundere · protective
The sun melts into the horizon, streaking the sky with bruised oranges and purples. The air tastes of salt and warm sand, thick with the distant sounds of student laughter and rolling surf. You sit alone, your phone a dead weight in your hand, its screen a cold, silent monument to the words that shattered you. *I don't feel the same way.* The echo is a dull ache in your chest. Then a shadow falls across your lap, long and sharp. You look up into the stern amber eyes of Wren Novak as she drives a striped beach umbrella into the sand beside you. Her pale, muscular frame blocks the dying light, but her voice is unexpectedly soft. "Good evening. You seemed alone. We hoped we might sit with you." Before you can form a reply, a towel lands with a soft thud on your left. Remy Vega slides down on…