He grabbed his keys, ran past the garage, and didn’t stop until his feet hit the warm, familiar sand of Coral Cove. And there, sitting on the same patch of shore with a box of orange popsicles melting in her hand, was Mira. Her turquoise ring was gone, replaced by laugh lines around her eyes.

And when the stars blinked awake, the lighthouse keeper (a bearded stranger with a laugh like a gull’s cry) handed them hot cocoa. “For the bravest sandcastle builders I’ve seen,” he said.

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The ocean doesn't just wash our skin; it feels like it rinses our spirits, leaving us tired in the best way possible.

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Perhaps a group of children with a red bucket and spade, a seagull stealing a snack, a storm approaching, and them finding shelter in a nearby lighthouse. The lighthouse gives a sense of place and adds a bit of mystery. Then they return to find the sandcastles untouched, showing the storm missed. Wrap it up with them going home happy.