Author's Notes: Guys! I love this fandom! Thank you guys for the great response I received with that first chapter :) It was suggested that I use the word blackout for this chapter, but I simply couldn't write anything good for it :( so I replaced it with beach! If anybody wants to suggest a word for the upcoming letter, I'll consider it! Please know that I do have my own list of words already, though, and I might use my word instead. Thanks guys!

Where in the timeline: uhh... A lot of places. Just think post trilogy (assuming Gwen even lives through it. TT^TT)

Letter: B

Word: Beach

The breeze stirred her hair and possessed it, swirling it around in thin air and pushing it around her face and his. The blonde strands had no hope though, with her boyfriend's quick hands. He smoothed back the hair, holding it at the nape of her neck. The other hand went to work gathering strays and pressing them to her face, all while never breaking lips.

The times like these made Gwen realize how much she didn't care about his little quirks. Like, sticking to walls and catching bugs midflight. In fact, she might have loved him more for it.

That kiss on the beach, and the warmness inside her that it came with, would linger in her memories for years to come, keeping her warm on many a cold night spent without him.

It was the little things that truly counted to her, and the ones that stuck with her the most. She would never forget that gritty feeling of the dry sand blown against her legs and the wet sand between her toes, the warm sun on her back, the chilly waves lulling lazily at her feet and his hands on her face. She would never forget the desperation in the way his lips crushed against hers, nor the look in his eyes as he left her on that beach.

That night, he brought a gallon of rainwater in on him, and she brought a bucket worth of sand. The pull out couch became a beach, and they just reveled in each other's existence, and safety.

Though the strain on her nerves had been great that day, it is still one of the best days Gwen Parker can recall having.