For the first few days Kurt stayed inside and just let Finn go and explore everything Daytona Beach had to offer. Kurt spent his time sitting on the covered deck watching his little cousins swim and play in the backyard. He brought multiple Vogues and books to read. He was pretty content with how summer was going, but on the fifth day, everything changed.

“KURT! WAKE UP!” Finn yelled through the bedroom door. Kurt just mumbled a reply and tucked farther into the comforter. “Please Kurt! Just wake up!” Finn said and banged his fist against the door. Kurt threw the blanket off in a huff and opened the door with more force than necessary. “What do you want Finn?” Kurt snapped folding his arms across his chest.

“Well” Finn started, shuffling his feet and wringing his hands “I was wondering if you would come check out the beach with me? I went yesterday and it was boring by myself.” Finn looked at Kurt with a big hopeful expression across his face.

“Finn you know I don’t like the sun, why can’t you just find a cute girl at the beach and spend the day with her?” Kurt was seriously annoyed. Finn knew better than anyone that he hated the sun and what it could do to his skin. “I could but I want to spend some bonding time with my little brother!” Finn was sporting that puppy dog look again. “Once again, I am FOUR months OLDER than you Finn, and I am still not going!” Kurt went to shut his door but Finn stuck his foot out and stopped it.

“Seriously Finn! I am not going to the beach.” There was a hint of finality in Kurt’s voice but Kurt knew he would end up giving in sooner or later. “PLEASE bro, I just want to spend vacation with you!” Finn was literally on his knees begging Kurt to go.

“FINE! Give me 45 minutes to get dressed and go swimming in a bathtub of sunscreen.” Kurt shooed him out and sighed when the door was closed. Kurt took a few deep breaths to calm his annoyance and went to unpack his swim trunks and sunscreen.

Forty minutes later and they were in the car on the way to the beach. The windows were down, music blasting and Kurt had to admit he was in a good mood. It was beautiful out, 90 degrees and breezy. The perfect weather to sit under and umbrella at the beach and read. They arrived at the beach and grabbed all of their things from the jeep and headed toward the water.

There was not much of a crowd since the locals were not out of school yet. They picked a spot a few hundred feet away from the lifeguard stand and set the umbrella up and placed the chairs under it. The towels were spread out and the cooler filled with food and drinks placed on top of it. The radio was set on top of it and turned on to some local top 40 station. Kurt personally would rather listen to the waves crashing on the shore and the squawk of the seagulls but Finn instead on listening to music.

Kurt took out his copy of 1984 and picked up where he left off. Finn stripped to nothing but his blue swim trunks and ran toward the water. Kurt laughed and let himself get lost in the world of his book. Kurt didn’t know how long it had been before Finn ran up to him and pulled the book out of his hand and threw it in the sand.

“Finn! WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?” Kurt was furious, “I want you to come in the water with me. You can’t just sit here all day!” Finn grabbed Kurt’s hands and pulled up him from his chair. Luckily Kurt had already stripped down to just his plain black swim trunks with the silver stitching and his black ray bans. Once he was out from under the umbrella Finn grabbed him around the waste and hoisted him over his shoulder.

“Finn if you don’t put me the fuck down I will destroy every piece of clothing you own and only leave you with ugly Christmas sweaters!” Finn just laughed and kept walking toward the Atlantic Ocean. Kurt was kicking and hitting every inch of Finn he could reach.

He started hitting harder and harder when he saw the water at Finn’s feet. “Please don’t do this Finn! Please don’t!” Finn once again didn’t listen and when he was waist deep, chucked Kurt off his shoulder and into the warm salty water.

Not even ten seconds later a sputter and extremely pissed Kurt emerged from the water. “Finn Andrew Hudson YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!” Kurt said, putting on a bitch glare and lunging for him. He jumped on Finn’s back and successfully pushed him under and held him there for a few seconds.

They fought in the water for a little while. Finn finally let Kurt leave to go on a walk.

Kurt took off in the direction of the lifeguard stand. He was no more than a few meters away when he noticed him. Kurt couldn’t help it when his heart skipped a beat and his breath hitched in his throat. There he was, standing on the deck of the lifeguard tower, curly hair sticking to his forehead with sweat trickling down his neck, towards his collarbones. His chest was dusted with the finest amount of hair, the perfect amount in Kurt’s mind. Kurt couldn’t help but to stare at this Greek god before him.

Kurt was frozen in place. His vision latched onto one single drop of sweat or water, Kurt wasn’t sure which, that was slowly falling down his chest. The droplet slowly made its way down from the guys chest to his abs that were slightly defined, to the very well defined V that led under the band of his red and white swim shorts.

Kurt snapped out of the trance and continued to walk down the beach. Kurt was so busy forcing himself not to stare at the beautiful lifeguard as he pasted by he didn’t notice the lifeguard was watching him as well. Kurt walked for another twenty minutes before he turned back around.

His shoulders were starting to feel a little warm and he needed to apply more sunscreen. When passing by the station again he saw that the guy was no longer on the deck but standing in the shade under the tower.

While passing by he heard the lifeguard yell out to someone. Knowing it couldn’t be him he was talking to Kurt kept walking back to where he and Finn had set their things up. He heard him yell it again but this time a few moments later he felt a tap on his shoulder. Kurt stopped dead in his tracks and slowly turned around.

Kurt felt himself inhale sharply when his eyes met the golden eyes of the lifeguard. He didn’t know how long he had been staring but after a little while he heard the man clear his throat and start to say something. Kurt snapped out of the trance he was once again swept into to catch the end of what the beautiful man had said.

“Burnt” was all he caught. “Um excuse me?” Kurt said rather confused. “I said, you need to put some more protection on your skin, you are starting to turn a faint shade of pink.” The man just smirked and locked his eyes with Kurt’s again. “Oh um thanks, I will just go have my brother help me.” Kurt began to turn around again when the guard spoke again.

“Well as a lifeguard it is my duty to make sure people are safe so why don’t you let me help you put some more on?” Kurt was stunned into silence. Was this gorgeous man flirting with him? Maybe he was just being friendly and doing his job as a lifeguard. Yeah that was it Kurt decided, he was just being friendly.

“No it’s ok, my brother is just over there, I am sure he won’t mind. Thanks for letting me know though.” Kurt swiftly turned around and all but ran back to the blanket wincing slightly at his slightly burned skin as Finn helped Kurt put more lotion on.

For Kurt, the rest of the day was spent pretending to read while glancing at the sexy lifeguard over his book. While they were packing up, Kurt decided he liked the beach and would definitely be coming back at least three times a week over break.