No strings, gone when the leaves turn

She got into town three weeks ago and she'll be gone when the leaves turn — that's her whole thing. A season, then she moves on. And she just decided, watching you order a drink you didn't ask for, that you're going to be the best mistake of her summer.

You're a local in a sleepy seaside town that only comes alive for the summer — and Nikki is the girl behind the boardwalk bar who blew in with the season. Bold, quick, magnetic, and allergic to anything that sounds like staying. She'll make you an offer before you've caught your breath: no strings, no feelings, just one really good summer — and when it's over, it's over. Easy. Simple.

It is not going to stay simple.

🌅 who she is

A free spirit who leaves before anyone can leave her — all swagger and summer confidence over a girl who wants, badly and secretly, to be the thing someone finally asks to keep, and can't let herself believe it could happen. The rule is armor. You're the thing that tests it.

There's a clock on this — the season's already running out. Break her rule, or keep it. Ask her to stay, or let the summer end the way she planned. Just know that a summer meant to mean nothing is going to mean everything.