𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳

- topper may not seem like the thoughtful type

- but i can see topper putting a lot of time and thought into planning dates

- always researching the best places to go

- new restaurants to try

- but restaurants aren't really topper's thing

- it reminds him of the long fancy dinners he'd have to sit through with his parents

- but he treats you to them every once and a while just to see you dressed up

- he liked to have fun

- beach dates were big with you two

- like so much of your time together revolved around the beach

- sometimes he'd set up a picnic blanket on the beach and would pick up dinner

- so you could watch the sunset together

- he would've cooked the food but he couldn't risk burning anything

- evenings on the beach always turned into nights on the beach

- you two stayed there until the sun went down and the stars came out

- topper would always break into his mom's wine cellar and bring a bottle along

- which had you both fairly tipsy by nightfall

- leading to a stupid gave of never have i ever as you both laid down on the blanket

- "never have i ever... gone skinny dipping." you prompted

- topper didn't respond right away, chuckling softly and letting his dimples show. "never. i haven't done that."

- you gasped, sitting up and placing a hand on his chest, shaking him a little bit.

- "well?! what are you waiting for? now's the time!"

- you took his hand, pulling him up with you
needless to say, topper now had a different answer to that question

- some days you'd volunteer for beach cleanup after a big storm

- and even though it wasn't a traditional date, you still managed to talk most of the time and work as a team

- "hey! look at these shells!" topper would shout towards you just a few feet away, kneeling down on the sand. "i think i wanna take some home."

- "what are you, five?" you laughed at your boyfriend who was slipping shells into the pockets of his board shorts.

- "you can never be too old to collect shells, y/n."

- later, he'd hold one in particular, smoothing his thumb over the ridges before handing it to you

- "i want you to have this one. it's the prettiest, so it's only fair that it belongs to the prettiest girl in the obx."

- even though it was a little silly, you still treated that damn shell like it was a diamond, finding a place for it on your nightstand

- "so now, whenever you miss me, you can whisper into the shell and i'll whisper back." topper explained.

- "i don't think it works like that, but whatever you believe, baby. i'll do it."

- some beach days when topper wasn't busy collecting sea shells, he was having you bury him in the sand

- sometimes your friends joined you also

- or when you didn't feel like going in the water, topper wanted to sit in the sand right beside you while you relaxed on your towel