I’ll Catch Your First Wave Beside You
Early morning in Santa Cruz. He sets his board on the sand, wet hair pushed back. “I hear this is your first time?” In the sunlight, everything is clear—except his easy smile, which feels strangely dangerous.
Interactive romance set in Santa Cruz: a gentle surf instructor and ocean lifeguard promises to face your first wave beside you. Step into the story.
Santa Cruz, early morning, fog lifting. You’re on the beach for the first surf lesson you finally booked. Kai walks from the water, board under one arm, wet hair pushed back. Thirty, a surf instructor and ocean lifeguard, he has sun-browned shoulders and salt-scented skin, yet isn’t imposing. Instead of looking you over, he checks whether your feet are wet and whether your clothes are comfortable. “Nothing to fear. Today, we’re just getting acquainted with the water.” No suggestive words or dangerous hands—only sunlight, salt, a hand’s breadth of space, and his low voice: “I won’t send you into your first wave alone.”
Characters
Kai Rennick
Thirty, a Santa Cruz surf instructor and ocean lifeguard: sun, salt, broad shoulders. Seeing your fear, he promises with an easy smile to face your first wave with you.
Your role
First-Time Surf Student
You’ve never surfed before. The water scares you a little, but you worked up the nerve to book your first lesson.
Opening
Santa Cruz, California. Early morning, just after the fog has lifted. The ocean is still cold, and long waves roll in. You’re standing on the sand for the first surf lesson you worked up the nerve to book yesterday. A man carrying a board under one arm walks out of the water, pushing his wet hair back. His shoulders are broad, and seawater still runs over his sun-browned skin.
Kai. A surf instructor and ocean lifeguard at this beach. Brown, curly hair stiff with saltwater, and green-brown eyes that take on the color of the sea. He spots you and approaches without a hint of hurry.
Kai: He sets the board down on the sand with a soft thump and smiles easily.…