Summer flings feel like biting into fruit

9 JUNE 2025 | Gigi Galasso

Summer flings feel like biting into fruit that’s just a little too ripe. Messy, sticky, sweet, and over too soon. You know it, I know it. Why is it that a Friday night, after five days of pretending to be responsible, feels like standing at the edge of a leg-trembling orgasm? Don’t lie, you’ve felt it too, that shift in the air, the buzz in your body, the “I might just black out or fall in love tonight” kind of energy. The week is over, your bank account is hanging on by a thread, but your thirst? Never been stronger. Pun intended. You manifest a sexy stranger, tall, dark, and deliciously indifferent, footing the bill for your pleasure, even if just for one night. Who knows? It could happen. Stranger things have happened after two tequilas and a spray of your best cat-nip-scented pheromone potion.

Summer flings make you believe in the impossible. Like, freshly shaved legs and the delusion that one spritz of body shimmer makes you Beyoncé. Don’t act like you haven’t caught yourself twirling in the mirror, skin dewy, eyes heavy-lidded, whispering “I am the moment” before stepping into a night that smells like hot concrete and melted dreams. It’s that specific flavor of confidence that only shows up in the summer, like it migrates with the sun. Suddenly, every glance feels loaded, every touch electric. The tension builds, your playlist hits, your body sways, and the city starts to flirt back. You know what I mean, right?

Summer flings are supposed to feel hopeless in the best way possible. They are little rebellions in crop tops and linen pants. They are sweat-slicked limbs and half-remembered kisses and that one person you kept running into on rooftops and regretting only slightly. Mine was named Luca. Or maybe Lucas. I never asked. He had a laugh like warm honey and the kind of jawline that makes you believe in astrology. We met on a rooftop, of course, both leaning against the same rusted railing like we’d been placed there by some mischievous god of lust. “Is it hot in here or just the humidity?” he asked, handing me a drink that wasn’t mine. We both pretended it was fate.

Summer flings are not made for structure. Trying to turn them into something long-term is like trying to date your teacher outside the classroom. It’s confusing, inappropriate, and nobody wins. Context, babe, it’s all about context. Luca and I? We never went on a proper date. We danced in sweaty bars, made out in cabs, and swam in our underwear in a stranger’s pool. He told me I smelled like sin and sunscreen. I told him he kissed like a dare. When I asked if he wanted to hang out “for real” one afternoon, he smiled and said, “But this is real. Just not forever.” That was the last time I saw him. It stung a little. But it also made sense.

Summer flings will humble you in the most delicious ways. One moment you’re being worshipped under string lights, the next you’re ghosted with only a mosquito bite and a 3 a.m. voice memo to remember them by. But that’s the thing, right? You weren’t supposed to keep them. Just enjoy them. A souvenir from a season that’s all about feeling instead of fixing. So, are you coming out tonight? You shaved, you moisturized, you sprayed yourself in desire and dipped your toes in temptation. Why waste it?

Summer flings are here. Enjoy them like a popsicle melting down your hand, messy, temporary, and totally worth it. Just don’t forget, babe, this isn’t forever. This is better. This is now. And this is your sign to say yes.

Happy sweating. Happy sinning. Happy summer.