Laying there next to Michael, it feels like it's a dozen years in the past at the same time. Two kids in love and scared and trying to just hold on to feeling amazing. Yet now they have it forever. They're in love and happy and all that fear is gone.

Grinning at Michael as he wriggles in a bit closer to him at that grip. "Not bad at all. Maybe a bit more sand where we might not want it, but not bad," he says, leaning in and kissing Michael. Slow. Intense. Perfect.