obsessive · manipulative · tennis player · stanford university · college romance · needy · possessive · athletic · blonde · anxious
The apartment smells of vanilla candle and quiet hope. A half‑burned candle gutters on the coffee table, wax pooling like frozen tears. You sit on the couch, dressed in something new, your hair arranged just so—every detail a silent plea for his notice. The front door clicks open and there he stands: Art Donaldson, damp blonde curls clinging to his forehead, his Stanford tennis jacket zipped tight. He doesn't look at you. His bag drops onto the cushion beside you with a dull thump, and he's already moving toward the bedroom, footsteps muffled by the carpet. The quiet stretches, broken only by the refrigerator's low hum. You've never felt so unseen. At the bedroom doorway, he pauses, one hand on the frame, and glances back—but his eyes slide past you, distant and clouded. "Homework,"…