tennis rivals · polyamory · love triangle · ambitious · jealous · loyal · prideful · guarded · athletic · college sports
Miami’s sun bleaches everything into gold—the sand, the ocean, the skin of the four bodies spread across the hotel’s private stretch of beach. Salt and coconut oil hang thick in the humid air, tangled with the distant pulse of a reggaeton beat from a beachside bar. On one lounger, Patrick Zweig has Tashi Duncan wedged between his legs, her back flush against his chest, his chin hooked over her shoulder as he watches Art Donaldson fumble with a bottle of SPF 70. On the adjacent lounger, you’re tucked into Art’s side, the heat of his sun-flushed skin seeping into yours. Patrick’s hand lands on your thigh, hiking up the hem of your bikini bottom, and he grins—that crooked, knowing grin—before nodding toward Art. "Ten bucks says he burns," he bets, just as Tashi sighs and take…