It’s summer! The best time of the year where the sun shines for longer than it sleeps and everything makes you giddy and light-headed in a good way. Except, summer break’s here and Donghae isn’t going anywhere. Piled up assignments means he has no other plans for the best time of the year except to put on his glasses and pick up a pen. Becoming a frequent patron of the Starbucks cafe near his university was because of its good caffeine and studious ambience; and definitely has nothing to do with their new and really cute barista, who sometimes look in Donghae’s direction when he doesn’t think Donghae’s paying attention, and whose eyes crinkle at the edges when he smiles at Donghae as he places his order. Yeah, Donghae’s definitely here to study.

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A/N:

There you go, pure and unadulterated fluff. Might contain a lot of rambling, though. 

Also, planned to be at less than 10k words, but we'll see how it plays out. (edit 17/6/21: okay um. maybe less than 25k.)

Title is from Lana Del Rey's National Anthem.

p.s. sorry about the cover art I made it in 10 minutes and the colours were recommended by google when I searched 'summer colours' lmao