Beachtown Stories

George never planned on staying long. When he arrives to the small beach town of Folly Beach, South Carolina right outside of Charleston all he wants is a quiet summer and a chance to leave the rest of his life behind for two months. But everything changes when he meets Alisa, a local girl with the habit of acting like she knows him better than he knows himself. As the summer unfolds their days become filled with bonding and the kind of love that feels impossible to explain. George feels like he's exactly where he's supposed to be. As his summer goes on something doesn't feel quite right. Conversations repeat themselves, memories blur, and moments seem to disappear as quickly as they arrive. And the closer George grows to Alisa the more something feels off.

Naomi always felt that she lost a part of her inner child when her mom passed, but now she has a chance to do something for her younger self, win Fall formal princess. She's the total it girl, varsity track caption, big fun friend group, works at her sister's bakery, and loves spending her free time down at the beach reading. On paper she has it all, but her perfect prince. She thought she had that till he ended up being a jerk, making her loose her self and cheat on her. Cameron Knox, her best friend since childhood and was there to pick up the piece's the jerk left behind. Now, he would be that perfect prince for Naomi except she's been claiming it to be strictly platonic out a potential fear of loosing another important person to her. However when her ex Luke starts to become an even bigger jerk, and a tensioned fulled kiss in a Photo Booth makes feelings that were supposed to be buried dance around create the perfect fake relationship everything starts to change. Can Naomi still win fall formal princess while still keeping Cameron in her life platonically or romantically.

Ezuki had a plan. She always did. Finish medical school. Survive exams. Keep her life organized down to the last color-coded spreadsheet. A summer vacation was never part of it. But when a late-night video call turns into an impulsive reunion plan, Ezuki suddenly finds herself counting down the days until she sees her best friends again-friends who now live in different cities, attend different universities, and somehow still manage to create chaos from hundreds of miles apart. There's Sai, whose confidence is only matched by his terrible decisions. Liam, who notices everything and says just enough to make it everyone's problem. Lia, who could probably make a cardboard box look aesthetic. And Prisha, whose ability to find food and spend money should be scientifically studied. Together, they're heading to Azure Bay, a coastal town filled with boardwalk lights, ocean sunsets, summer jobs, and memories waiting to happen. What starts as a simple vacation quickly becomes six weeks of wrong flights, spontaneous adventures, questionable decisions, late-night conversations, and the kind of summer that changes you when you're not paying attention. Because growing up isn't always about knowing where you're going. Sometimes it's about getting lost with the right people first. June, July & Absolute Chaos is a heartfelt coming-of-age story about friendship, finding your place, and the summers you remember long after they're over.

In a town built on wealth, reputation, and secrets, Aphrodite Rutherford thought she knew exactly who everyone was. She was wrong. Especially about Ares. Every summer brings the same people, the same memories, and the same feelings she'd rather forget. But when old friendships begin to blur into something more and hidden truths start surfacing, Aphrodite discovers that growing up means risking everything-including her heart. Between her childhood best friend Theo and the one boy she swore she'd never fall for, Aphrodite is about to learn that love and war have more in common than she ever imagined.

Lilith is a 22 year old young woman from a small coastal town, Hagwater, who has always lived in the shadows of her best friend, Frannie. All is well until Lili meets Mac, who has a few secrets of his own. Suddenly Frannie isn't the center of attention and their friendship slowly shifts. Frannie begins going out on her own, making a whole list of dangerous friends, until one night she doesn't come home. Lili and Mac, armed with Lili's witchy ways, Mac's motorcycle, and a journal found stuffed under Frannie's mattress, begin the search for her in the dark underworld of Hagwater; a town named after the witches that drowned off of that coast, and the very bloodline that runs through Lili's veins. DISCLAIMER This is my first time seriously writing anything that wasn't a school assignment. I'm putting this out there to get some feedback, I hope you all like it. Will update with Chapter 2 soon! And yes, it does not yet have a title, still working on that.

Last summer, Tessa Whitmore kissed the wrong boy. One year later, nobody knows about it. Now Seabriar Cove is preparing for the annual Seabriar Match, the most elite junior golf tournament on the East Coast, where wealthy families fight for legacy, power, and prestige beneath the perfect glow of the country club. Grayson Calloway was born for this tournament. Jude Moreno was never supposed to be part of it. But when Jude unexpectedly enters the Match after disappearing from Tessa and Grayson's lives for almost a year, old feelings begin surfacing all over again. Feelings Tessa tried desperately to bury after one unforgettable night on the docks changed everything between them forever. As friendships crack, secrets spread through town, and the pressure of Seabriar's social world closes in, Tessa must decide whether love is worth destroying the life she's always known.

How would you deal with change,lies and death?That is just what Sarah has to deal with or will she?

An enemy's to lovers summer fling between the two you would never expect. Jadyn, a spoiled goal driven student and Ryder, a great athlete with scholarships awaiting.

after getting out of a long-term relationship Katherine moves to a small beach town some hours away, needing a new start as not having any friends, but that's just the start of a whole new love, as the guy in her apartment building is both cute and nice, a love kindles pretty fast as they keep running into each other.

A group of small town friends begin stealing from the rich and giving back to the poor when the rich threaten to buy off their lands-leaving them with nowhere to go. From a little late night liquor cabinet B&E to a big factory raid, they are determined to protect and keep their homes, no matter the stakes.

April is forced to move to the quiet beach town of Quinn with her dad and siblings after the tragic death of her mother. Quinn is famous for its annual Firefly Festival, a magical tradition where blindfolded gifts are exchanged under lantern-lit skies, said to bind two hearts together forever. But when seventeen year old Nathan accidentally gives April a necklace meant for someone else, one small mistake pulls her into a world of rumors, superstition, and unspoken feelings. As April grows closer to Nathan and his friends free-spirited Skye and charming Levi, she finds herself caught between friendship, attraction, and a legend that refuses to stay buried. Torn between what she feels and what she fears, April begins to question whether destiny is something you follow or something you break. In a town where love is tradition and secrets linger like fireflies, April must decide who she is and who she's willing to risk everything for.

Emma stood at the edge of the small beach town, her heart fluttering in her chest. The salty ocean breeze tousled her hair as she took in the view of the quaint houses, the colorful beach umbrellas, and the boardwalk filled with the chatter of tourists and locals alike.

He once believed in love because he was raised in the middle of it. He wrote it into poems, painted it into skies. But one heartbreak turned his world colorless. He stopped writing, stopped painting, stopped creating altogether. Because when she left, it felt like he lost the best parts of himself too. Worried and heartbroken, his parents sent him away to a quiet coastal town, hoping to bring back the boy he used to be-warm, expressive, full of life. She once felt loved before her family broke apart and left her behind. Raised by her grandparents, she kept chasing love to fill the space her parents left. She gave too much, too soon, again and again, holding on to anyone who made her feel like she mattered. But one by one, they all left-some slowly, some suddenly, some with someone else. After her grandparents passed and her last love chose someone else, she stopped searching. Not because she no longer believed in love, but because she was too tired to chase and beg anymore. Two souls. Two hearts. Shaped by different versions of love. One genuine. One longed for. Both left quietly broken. In a coastal town where healing hides in the stillness, their paths cross. Not because they are looking. Not because they are ready. But because the sea has a way of pulling lost hearts toward each other. He walks the shoreline with a sketchbook, trying to remember the pieces of himself. She watches the stars from her window, whispering that someday her heart will heal completely, still hoping for a love that stays. They don't expect to meet. They don't expect to feel anything. But sometimes, love arrives when we've stopped chasing it. What happens when two hearts meet-not in longing, but in the calm after ruin? Are they just two strangers passing through a season of healing? Or is this love's quiet return-unexpected, undeserved, but exactly what they need?

Seventeen-year-old Wren Callahan moves to the sleepy surf town of Driftwood Cove after her mom takes a last-minute teaching job at the local high school. Used to big-city life and totally uninterested in sand, sun, or surfing, Wren expects nothing but boredom. But when she's offered a summer job at The Break Line, the town's beloved surf shop and café, she reluctantly accepts-anything to escape unpacking boxes. Enter Kai Torres: local surf prodigy, moody barista, and unofficial Driftwood royalty. Kai has no interest in babysitting the new girl who can't tell a longboard from a latte. Wren has no interest in fitting into his beachy world. But when the shop's owner puts them on the same morning shift, they're stuck-working side by side through sunrise coffees, surf lessons, and small-town summer drama. As the summer rolls on, so do the shifts-filled with quiet moments, shared glances, and conversations about dreams neither of them have admitted aloud. Wren starts to find beauty in the tides, and Kai begins to see that maybe the girl from the city isn't just passing through. But when Wren's past catches up with her and Kai is faced with a future he's not ready for, they'll have to decide: is this just a summer fling, or something real worth staying for?

Every summer, Libby Wilson heads to Cradle Bay, Massachusetts with her parents and her best friend Marina. Every summer, Libby and Marina spend their vacation with the Porter brothers, Levi and Noah, from down the beach. Every summer they swim in the ocean, lay in the sand, ride their bikes to the pier for ice cream and roast marshmallows over blazing bonfires. Every summer is the same. Until this year. Libby and Marina have always been just friends with the Porter brothers. But this year, Marina and Levi are hitting it off in a different way than usual. This year, Noah is looking at Libby in a way he never has before. This year, Libby's parents are acting differently, like maybe they're hiding something. This year, everything is different.

Piper's parents divorced when she was thirteen. Her parents shared custody of her until her mom wanted full rights. When they went to court to find out who Piper would live with her dad won. She had to move her life to North Carolina and leave her mom. She has to switch lives which will be extremely difficult. She meets a mysterious yet charming boy on the beach. A summer full of love, heartbreak, and family is going to teach Piper quite a lesson.

A larger than life, obsessed with mysteries, driven girl and a quiet, beachside town do not go together. Kiana, in search of more to the mundane life she currently lives, fixates on a recent series of robberies committed in her usually boring town amidst the mayoral election. She enlists-technically blackmails-the school's football captain Zaire, who also happens to be the son of a detective in her sleuthing, alongside her family-like friend group who all aid in possibly solving the mystery of Scylla Bay. Sprinkle in an unexpected murder, a reluctant romance that grows out of hatred, and a scarily controlling upper class and government, Kiana begins to wonder what was she really longing for?

(UNDERGOING EDITING))NOT Gilmore Girls fanfiction btw) this is just a couple of chapters of something I came up with. tell me what you think. should I continue??

*A compilation of one-shots from scenes of my "Can You Survive This Summer Vacation" swipe game on Tik-tok (@/escapismelle).* School's out and you've been invited to stay with your grandparents in their luxurious beach house this summer! The friends you've made on the beach, Elena, Naomi, Reign, and Elliot, have quickly become some of your favorite people. Between defending you from you ex, sharing parts of your past, and preparing for the town's debutante ball it's been a jam-packed summer. On top of the whirlwind of events, you've also found yourself becoming more and more interested by the boys, Reign Ortiz and Elliot Pierce. Things are friendly...at first. As the summer goes on, though, you're starting to realize there may be more behind Elliot's optimistic demeanor and Reign's overly flirtatious character. Are you willing to sacrifice friendship for a chance at a summer love?