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It all started with a boy, of course.
Because something beautiful, something brilliant, is waiting just around the corner.
sunshine in human form.
I’m pretty sure that’s the first step to any great love story.
These days, I find myself falling for a new boy for breakfast and then forgetting his name by dinner.
It was a tumultuous start to a beautiful friendship.
“Like, the kind where I get to know the real person and not just the one I created in my head.”
“I think you just like to be right.”
“Just don’t forget to live every once in a while, will ya?”
the sky has shifted from nautical twilight to the deepest dusk.
She’s all sorts of shiny, bright like the blazing sun, and sugary sweet.
Maybe,
my last shot at proving my worth—and
Well, screw me sideways.
Isn’t that what sports medicine is, anyway? Just a bunch of shit you can google in a few minutes?
wtf
Fortunately for me, desperate people are willing to do desperate things.
Her secret for mine.
There’s something about the ocean at high tide, when it hits directly following the sunrise. The sky glows a soft orange, waves creep up the shore, and the current crests against the rickety posts of my lifeguard stand.
“I need you, Harper.”
“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.”
Something leads me to believe that Harper is an actual woodland fairy.
I’m swept up by the raging swirl of emotion in her eyes.
“Is it your personal mission to make me as uncomfortable as possible?”
“I’ve lived a thousand lifetimes, and I’ll live a thousand more.
And Harper? The girl is . . . pure as gold.
with—”
With??
He clearly works himself to the bone, yet he opts to suffer in silence.
“Who knew you had jokes?” “Only when they’re at your expense.”
The pads of his fingers are rough, but the feeling of his hand is warm and gentle and comforting.
They’re quiet, little slices of life, interrupted only by the calm sounds of the ocean and the pattering of footsteps ticking along the sand.
just to rub it in their faces.
“He doesn’t fucking deserve you.”
no questions asked.”
Sometimes, we can’t choose who we fall in love with. It just happens . . . or so I’ve been told.”
“She didn’t deserve you, either,”
👀
I can do this. I know I can, because I have to.
“I think I might just surprise him, actually.”
I have great vision and a perfectly clean driver’s record, so I highly doubt the accuracy of that statement.
“So then, it’d just be you and me?” “Just us.”
This is Harper, with her big, sweet smiles and her uncanny knack for bringing me comfort.
“Luca, when was the last time you did something just because you wanted to?” “I can’t even remember how long it’s been.”
“I don’t want to keep begging you, but I might just be willing to.” “You don’t need to beg me,” I murmur. “Not now, not ever.”
I’d like to hold you while we fall asleep.”
I can’t help but feel like I’m always the one she’s making sacrifices for.
I want to be everything for her that she is for me—a best friend, a confidant, a source of motivation. The reason that I feel like smiling when I wake up in the morning now.
it all makes me wish I kissed her for just a little bit longer.
there’s something inherently wrong with your logic tonight.”
My heart swells.
I don’t care what the movie is, honestly. I’m just here to snuggle.
