✦ PG; romance
⌧ inspiration is Up dharma Down's Every First Second; 350 words

Waves rolled toward the shore and over his feet, closely together, feeding on each other’s warmth – futile because the midnight sea water was almost freezing against his bare skin. There were so many things he could be doing right at this moment but instead he was here, doing something he’d never really done before and for a moment he wondered if it was worth getting his trousers dirtied by the sand.

( As his eyes fluttered close, he sighed, hoping that yesterday was anything but a dream. )