the strongest avenger

seventy three

July 2017

"Do you have everything?"

"Yes Tal! Let's go!"

The girl rolls her eyes at Ned in the backseat, turning to Peter. "Buckle."

"This is still illegal, you know." Ned states. "You're not eighteen yet."

"I know that. But we'll be fine."

Music blasts through her Mercedes as they take off from Ned's house, and towards the beach.

Tal's hair is pulled up into a bun, a lavender halter top bikini underneath her loose, blue tank top and jean shorts. Peter wearing his usual red swim trunks, a grey tee covering his top while Ned wears blue patterned swim trunks and a muscle tee.

Luckily the drive is only a little less than an hour. So the trio stop to get lunch, and then excitedly continue on their way to the shore.

"3 passes please." Tal says to the lady as she taps her foot impatiently.

Talia hands over her debit card, waiting while the lady rings them up and hands her three beach passes and her card.

"Okay, kids...let's go."

"We are not kids." Ned says while they start the treck into the blazing hot sand.

"I mean technically we are cause we're all under eighteen." She says, sending him a pointed look.

The trio continue down the sand dunes, looking around for a less populated spot. Finding an area with little people, Peter leads the way.

Ned leaves his backpack and towel on the ground, strips his shirt off, and immediately runs towards the water as they start to settle down.

Tal chuckles and shakes her head, but pulls her towel out of her tote bag, and lays it down. Peter does the same with his and tugs his shirt off.

"Wait," she stops him as she grabs sunscreen from her bag. "Arms up."

The boy rolls his eyes at her but obliges, wincing as the cool spray of sunscreen hits his chest. Tal swiftly does his back, torso, arms, and neck before nodding her head at him.

"Okay, have fun."

Peter smiles and quickly pecks her on the lips, then starts running after Ned. Talia pulls out her phone, snapping a quick picture of Ned and Peter in the water, before tugging her shirt and shorts off.

She sprays herself with sunscreen and then reaches into her bag, pulling out her book. Laying on her stomach, the rays beating down on her back, Talia dives into the world of Jane Austin.

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️

Tallie....Tallie...the water's so nice. Got to get Tallie to come in...my Queen.

A smile tugs at the girls lips as she looks over her shoulder, still on her stomach, to see her boyfriend running up the sand towards her. Water glistens over his pale skin, his brown hair wet and plastered to his forehead.

"Tallie, the water's—"

"So nice." She finishes for him.

"Reading my mind?"

"Could hear you all the way back there."

Peter playfully rolls his eyes and lets his eyes slide down her form. Talia narrows her eyes as she assesses the feeling of warmth in Peter's stomach.

"Stop staring at my ass."

He jerks back and crosses his arms. "I-I wasn't."

"Mmhm."