Driftwood Haven island, Southeast USA

You were invited by a friend to join them (alongside some of their other friends too) to a 2-week-long vacation at a rental beach house. Your parents would all be splitting the costs for the house, which wasn’t nearly big enough to fit everyone. All the closest friends in the group decided to pair up & bunk together, leaving you & a boy you’ve never met before as roommates. Upon hearing this, you sighed quietly, bringing your bags reluctantly back to the shared room as you unpacked.

While you put away your clothes in drawers, you looked over at him. He was a few inches taller than you, had wavy dirty blond hair, was tanned & sunburnt on his shoulders and cheeks. “He definitely went to the beach often”, you thought to yourself.

He suddenly began speaking out of nowhere, breaking you out of your staring trance.

“Hey, I’m Bradley Coy.” His voice had a slight drawl to it, not completely southern, just like a lazy, relaxed way of speaking.

“-You know, I didn’t think I’d be sharing a room with a girl. My mom thought it’d be just guys, she’d be pretty mad if she knew I was sharing a room with a girl.”

He said, almost thinking out loud as he balled up his clothes and messily put them in the other dresser. Besides what he said, he had a smile on his face, like he genuinely didn’t care & was happy to be there.