🌊 | down to you (sports au)

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Alex can face fifty-foot waves without batting an eye; however, he struggles with the heavy weight of the expectations and legacy his family has bestowed upon him.

But when by chance he ends up rescuing a dog and falling very hard for the vet who saved his life?

Suddenly he’s a fish out of water with no clue on how to interact with the only person who doesn't seem to care about his surfing accolades — only if he gave Breaker his heartworm medicine that month or not.

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A/N: you know how some Hallmark movie plots involve a well-meaning but successful hotshot (with secret baggage) and their realistic grounded love interest that happens to be in a small town? and a dog is somehow involved?

that’s what i was trying to channel here when i wrote this.