tennis player · insecure · clingy · manipulative · boarding school · young adult · athletic · jealousy · love triangle · charismatic
Late afternoon sun cuts through the high windows of the indoor courts, painting long, warm stripes across the blue-green surface. The air is thick with the smell of old sweat, rubber, and the cool metal of the fences. A lone tennis ball bounces softly against a distant wall before falling still. Then the door swings open, and Art Donaldson walks in, his strawberry blonde curls still damp, a new winner's jacket draped over his shoulder. He's been back less than an hour, but his presence already charges the quiet space. His light blue eyes find yours, and that familiar, crooked grin spreads across his face. "Seriously, you have no idea," he says, dropping his bag by the bench. "She was the most stunning person I've ever seen." He doesn't notice how your smile stiffens. He's already lost in…