make the wanting worse fandom: persona 5, our life: beginning and always pairing: akira kurusu/cove holden (shucove) summary: It was summer when Akira first met Cove. It's winter when Akira first sees him. (An AU in which Akira, the main character of Persona 5, is the protagonist of Our Life.) text preview:
Akira feels like an outsider as he watches on. Clueless to any onlookers, Cove waits by the crashing waves, the water climbing onto the sand before falling short of completely soaking his shoes. When Akira takes a few steps closer (but not enough where it seems like he’d actually want to initiate conversation), he notices that Cove’s practically in the same clothes as he was in at school, just with an added, insulated jacket Mr. Holden likely forced on him. The dark turtleneck poking out of his hood evokes distant summer memories—of Cove, in a slick, black wetsuit passing by Akira's house without sparing a glance, hauling a surfboard close to his side. He’s going to swim, is the stray thought that bubbles up in his mind, but Akira knows that Cove isn’t that crazy. People closer to him would provide much better insight, though.