Not necessarily a prompt, but pls imagine new-to-California Shane being completely smitten with lifeguard!Ryan & spending way too much time at the beach for someone who's not used to being out in the sun for hours on end. Imagine him striking up a convo at the behest of his friends who can't stand to watch him pine anymore, and Ryan being all endeared by how incredibly obvious Shane's interest is ("You're really fucking red, dude.")
Shane was never really a beach person, having come from Chicago. It is nice for a few hours every now and then, but the sand is annoying, not to mention the heat he's still not used to even after a few months of living in LA.
It's kind of an accident, when his eye catches on the lifeguard, and he almost drops his damn phone in the sand, because holy shit he's hot.
And Shane's standing close enough for Ryan to catch him staring, which is honestly not that hard anyway, he's a tall man, easy to spot even in crowds. It's a good thing Shane forgets to avert his gaze because Ryan gives him a curious smile, and that's what really gets Shane, cause it's nearly brighter than the damn Sun.
So he keeps coming back, just so he can see Ryan and... That's it.
Sara and/or Jen are so done with him just staring at the guy and not doing anything about it, like seriously Shane just talk to him, come on, he's not gonna bite your head off. They have to threaten him that if he won't talk to the guy they will, and it's guaranteed they'll embarrass him more than he ever would if he'd just go alone.
So he does, waiting for the perfect moment to strike up a conversation and it's a little awkward, but Ryan (as he learned) actually seems pretty eager to talk to him, so it's almost easy from then on.
Then Ryan commenting on how red Shane is, with such a teasing tilt to his tone and telling him to put on some goddamn sunscreen before he gets a heatstroke and he's gonna be too sick to go this restaurant/the movies the next day. And Shane's confused, because he hadn't planned doing any of that, but Ryan is looking at him with this big, almost a little shy smile and going "Yeah, but I did, if you want to come with me."
And Ryan has the audacity to laugh at him stumbling over his words to give an affirmative answer and Shane is in so fucking deep already because it's his new favorite sound.