ohh big smooches to you! this is exactly the kind of thing I love to write abt :) also requested by this anon
warnings: emotional hurt/comfort, discussions of scars, pain, body image, brief depiction of sex | 1.5k
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The first time you really notice it, it’s early June.
Coconut sunscreen and cut grass. Hot concrete that stings the soles of your feet if you stand in one spot too long.
Steve’s pool glows that impossible chlorine blue, the surface wobbling under the constant splash of bodies jumping in without warning.
The backyard is pure chaos: laughing, shouting, Springsteen blaring from Lucas’ boombox, Dustin yelling something dramatic about the burgers burning in the fiery pits of hell.
You sit on the edge of the pool, legs dangling in, toes dragging lazy ripples across the water.
It’s the first real heat wave of the year. The first day shirts come off without anyone thinking twice about it.
Steve had taken his off earlier.
Stripped it away without hesitation, kicking off his sneakers and grinning at you over his shoulder. The sun hit his skin and he didn’t even flinch. Just stood there for a second, eyes closed, soaking it in, like it felt good. Like it reminded him of something familiar.
Then he dove in the pool. Perfect form, made a whole show of it.
That was maybe an hour ago.
Afterward, he went inside to refill the lemonade pitcher.
He hasn’t come back since.
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