"You're going to sunburn."
"Pft. No I'm not." James waved his hand, dismissing the snarkcasm from Merida. He wore swim trunks, black and silver. No sun screen on his otter framed body. It took too long to apply and he didn't like the smell much. Mostly, he was just stubborn about it.
"You're going to burn." Adrian sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"Quit worrying, I'll be fine. Honestly you two, nagging me like my mom."
"Your mom has common sense." Merida shook her head at him.
James glanced to the diminutive woman, wearing a full body swim suit rather than one of the one piece or two pieces commonly seen worn by the other women. Adding to that, she wore sweats. And unlike everyone else, enjoying the beach and sun, she settled herself on a towel under a parasol. Her hair spilled across her back and shoulders with slight curls from constantly being braided. Despite her natural tanned complexion, she wore sunscreen on the exposed skin. A day on the beach... and she chose to sit on shore covered up and reading. "I'll be fine mom." Merida raised her eyes from her book to glare at him.
His chuckle quickly mutated into a yelp. Suddenly, strong arms locked around him and lifted his feet from the sand. He found himself pressed to Adrian's shoulder, carted like a sack of potatoes. "Oh shit-" He held his breath a split second before he sailed through the air and crashed down into the icy embrace of the water. He kicked from the sandy bottom to surface, coughing and sputtering. Despite holding his breath, water still found its way up his nose and down his throat.
Adrian stood, triumphant, on the shore. The twins looked nothing alike, polar opposites even, save their emerald green eyes and that same damn satisfied smirk mirrored on each face. Adrian even dressed in opposite to Merida. Where she was completely covered, hiding her body from the world, Adrian was openly near naked, save the green and black checkered square cut swim trunks, showing off every muscle and his mechanical arm without a care in the world. His skin favored the Irish side of his heritage, where Merida's favored the Middle Eastern and Native American side. His blonde hair was shorn short and spiked up with gel. He too was covered in sunscreen, and he definitely needed it.
"That was not nice!"
"But it was fun," Adrian grinned wide, then took a running start to cannonball into the water. James yelped and swam away as fast as he could, but did not make it out of the splash zone in time.
Merida rolled her eyes and settled back into her book, "Men."