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salt in the wound!
conrad fisher
© neilspoets

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❝ I AM UNEQUIVOCALLY DETERMINED TO KEEP OUR LIVES SEPARATE. SO WHAT IF HE LIVES NEXT DOOR? ❞

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for salt in the wound

          AUGUST JACOBS DOESN'T LIKE FALLING FOR PEOPLE. It's just not in her nature. She doesn't like feeling vulnerable with someone, and she definitely doesn't like admitting that she has the capabilities to fancy someone. Most people don't deserve the flattery. And frankly, she doesn't have the time to fall for anyone.

           Which is why it was a real pain in the arse when Conrad Fisher walked into her life.

          One summer. One blissful, warm, painfully short summer was all August and Conrad had. Or rather all she had with him. Because, apparently, one summer of surfing camp and fleeting romance was enough for Conrad. And so that's all it ever remained to be: fleeting. He left for his busy life in Boston, never to return to the hobby he once held dear, claiming that their time was up, their moment in the sun gone.

          While August wanted more, her first love was now something of the past.

          And so, she touched down in London, England, to return to her life of drizzly weather and boarding school, trying desperately to forget the boy who stole her heart for one short-lived summer in Miami.

          But when her mother breaks up with her boyfriend (again!), August's life is up-ended once more and they move cross-country. The next location for the Jacobs Duo: Cousins, Massachusetts.

          Feeling alone and lost in a new state, August does the only thing she knows ─ surf. And living in a beach house means she can do just that to her heart's content.

          But somewhere, in the back of her mind, the memory of Conrad Fisher, and his floppy hair, and midnight cooking; his signature still faintly carved into her board and his earthy laugh, stick with her as she rides the waves of the state she knows he once ─ and maybe still ─ called home.

          After three years of trying her hardest to suppress the reminders of a past love haunting her with its rough severed end, August finds herself surrounded by his departed presence, unaware his summer house is right next to hers, and not knowing the reason she can feel Conrad Fisher's closeness more than ever is because he is right under her nose.

          And that's only going to make her heartbreak that bit more painful. Like salt in the wound.

✧˖*°࿐ 🌺 or!
in which

" he broke her heart at surfing camp and just so happens to have a summer house right next to her new home. "

❝ CONRAD FISHER IS
DEAD TO ME. ❞

✧˖*°࿐ 🌺 important!
things to mention

disclaimers! ✧˖*°࿐ ────── 🌺 all original characters and plots belong to jenny han, the creator of the summer i turned pretty.

all new characters and plot rights belong to ©neilspoets as of 2025; any attempts to recreate, translate, or republish the content within the book without my permission will be classified as plagiarism and i will not be very fond of you x

this will follow the events of the tv show not the book because the books suck arse (coming from someone who actually stomached reading them) xx

credits for the personal sign-off gif go to siIksonic

credits for the story banner gif go to -swrites

credits for the cover go to potter_spellbook

warnings! ✧˖*°࿐ ────── 🌺 this story contains strong language, underage drinking, death and grief, and very mild violence.

dates! ✧˖*°࿐ ────── 🌺 started: 29/07/2023 ˖ published: 14/06/2025 ˖ status: ongoing

a note from me! ✧˖*°࿐ ────── 🌺 well hello hello. after teasing this fic for a very long time, she is finally here and i am raring to go. in celebration of hitting 2k followers and finishing my first year of university, i am giving this to the world x

having two whole thousand people follow me on here is insane 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 it's so strange how 5 years ago i didn't even know this app existed and now i have 2k people who like to read what i write. thank you all for your support, it means so much to me x

on another note, the sun is finally shining in the UK and i am feeling very summery so what better way to channel that than into a tsitp fic?? 😛😛😛😛😛😛

it's also so crazy to think how long ago i started this fic but i never quite got the motivation to publish it. but now i have pretty much the whole thing planned out and 3 (THREE!!) whole chapters pre-written 😌😌😌

y'all aren't even ready.

happy reading:)

TEAM CAM CAMERON 4EVER😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

╰─▸ ₍ 🏄‍♀️ is typing ... ₊❏❜₎
" you gonna break belly's heart
too or is it just mine? "

₍ 🌊 is typing ... ₊❏❜₎ ◂─╯
" it's kind of what i'm good at apparently."

╰─▸ ₍ 🏄‍♀️ is typing ... ₊❏❜₎
" you are a terrible human being. "

₍ 🌊 is typing ... ₊❏❜₎ ◂─╯
" i do try."

❝ IS HE DEATHLY ALLERGIC TO COMMITMENT, OR DOES HE JUST REALLY LOVE SUMMER? ❞

✧˖*°࿐ 🌺 @ neilspoets , 2025