Zion opens the door to see Mike. Where is Eli? He wonders.
"Morning." Mike greets. "Ready to go? I was sent to pick you up. They're in the car." Mike explains.
Of course. "Yes, I just need to get my coffee."
"I bought coffee for everyone."
"Oh, I'll drink both." Zion replies. "One can never drink too much coffee."
Mike smiles. "Yes. I hope you like caramel macchiato."
"It's my favorite!" Zion exclaims closing the door behind him.
I know. Mike thinks. "Great then."
"Good morning." Eli greets him. "I see you're already smiling."
Zion gives him a glare before he responds to the good morning.
"It's not going to be too hot." Eli states. "And I was thinking it's about time to have another castle building competition."
"I don't think that's a good idea." Zion replies thinking about their previous competition.
"Why not?" Eli asks.
"I don't want sand everywhere."
At the same time, Mike asks,"What happened?"
"Eli started a sand war because he lost the sandcastle competition. Who in their right mind has a sand war?"
"You participated in it too." Eli states.
"It was fun." Dante adds.
"It wasn't when it was in our eyes."
"I said I was sorry." Dante states.
"He's still sour about it." Eli explains.
"I'm not sour." Zion states. "I just don't want it everywhere."
"Sand still gets everywhere." Eli reasons.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes, we're here to have fun." Eli stubbornly says.
"We are, but no sandcastle competition because you can't handle losing."
"Yes, we are building a sandcastle."
Mike stares at them amusedly.
Dante shakes his head. "We are building a sandcastle together and that's it." He states stopping the argument.
Eli huffs and Zion resigns himself.
Mike takes off his shirt as he prepares to go into the beach.
"Zion, could you please apply sunscreen to my back?"
Zion wide-eyed meets Eli's gaze.
"Sometimes, I get sunburned easily."
"Y-yeah." Zion stutters.
"Thanks." Mike states sitting in front of him.
Zion cautiously starts rubbing the sunscreen on Mike's back. He feels Mike shudder. He stills his hand.
"Sorry, it's cold." Mikc explains.
His back is strong. His muscles when they flex. "I'm done." Zion whispers.
"Do you need me to rub sunscreen on your back?" Mike asks.
"No, I'm fine." Zion replies removing his hand from Mike's back. "All done." He says.
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My Demon
General FictionAfter Zion is thrown out by his boyfriend, he finds himself depressed. His brother doesn't know how to help him. He wishes Zion would realize Hunter is no one to have brought him to the state he finds himself in. He wants to see Zion return to his c...
