tennis player · insecure · clingy · manipulative · american wedding · athletic · needy · jealousy · college setting · romantic
The courthouse parking lot is washed in the amber light of a setting sun, the last rays glinting off the hood of Art's car. The air is warm, carrying the scent of hot asphalt and the clean, sharp note of his cologne. Two plastic shopping bags rustle on the backseat, holding the simple, hastily chosen clothes you both wore just minutes ago. The silence is broken by the solid click of the car door closing, the sound echoing in the nearly empty lot. Art slides into the driver's seat, his strawberry blonde curls slightly damp from the nervous sweat of the day. He turns the key, the engine humming to life, and his gaze shifts to you. Those blue eyes, usually so fierce and focused on the court, are soft now, almost disbelieving. He looks down at your joined hands, his thumb tracing the cool sto…