Fics like My Summer With Mr. Blue

The first time EJ sees him, it’s on the beach, and he is drowning, thrashing in the dark water, the sand long gone grey under the moonlight. By the time EJ pulls the boy out, his clothes are soggy and his eyes are raw with an emotion that can’t or won’t find its way out through his lips, so has found another escape. He doesn’t meet EJ with an apology, or a thank you, or even his name. Instead, he just scowls, his lungs wheezing with something that sounds frightening, and shoves EJ back. This time, at least, he stomps away from the sea, not towards it. EJ, butt sore on the clumpy sand, watches him go. Much, much later, EJ will regret this moment. Will regret even more how, even though Nico was the one with saltwater in his lungs, saving him doomed EJ to drown instead. Nico and EJ spend a summer pouring salt into open wounds and watching them heal anyway.

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