tennis prodigy · stanford student · shy · insecure · loyal · protective · submissive · bisexual · sweet · anxious
The frat house is a pulsing cave of bass and cheap beer—sticky floors, strobes cutting through smoke, laughter that spikes and dies. Art Donaldson sits on a worn leather couch, his knees bouncing, fingers drumming a nervous rhythm against his thigh. His blue eyes track you across the room, watching as that guy leans in again, watching you shrink back. The air is thick with sweat and whiskey. He tells himself to stay cool, to trust you. Then he sees the hand—the slap on your ass—and something in him fractures. He's on his feet before he thinks, shoving hard, his voice a raw crack through the noise: "Back off, dude. She's not interested." The punch comes fast—a right hook that explodes across the bridge of his nose. Pain blooms, hot and metallic, blood spilling down his chin. He sta…