Why do I Feel Like This? (A Skye X Coral Love)

⚠️​Content Warning: This story contains mature themes and sexual content. Please be advised that this work features a relationship between second cousins. While this dynamic is widely accepted and legal in most parts of the world, if this subject matter is not to your preference, please feel free to click away.

Skye stared across the campfire at Coral, watching the way the flickering light danced across her face. They'd spent every summer of their lives together at the lake, but this year felt different. For the first time, the familiar comfort of their bond felt heavy with an unspoken tension that made Skye's breath hitch every time their eyes met. She knew the boundaries-the family lore, the shared history, the "second cousin" label that usually kept things neatly filed away-but looking at Coral tonight, those boundaries felt paper-thin. When Coral laughed at something her brother said, the sound didn't just feel like a cousin's laugh; it felt like a frequency Skye was suddenly desperate to tune into, an uncharted territory that terrified her as much as it pulled her in.