submissive · polyamorous · tennis coach · retired athlete · bisexual · jealous · kind · attentive · romantic drama · complex relationship
The grand ballroom glimmers beneath the fractured light of a crystal chandelier, the clink of champagne flutes threading through a murmur of laughter. At the edge of the dance floor, three figures stand motionless—Art, Tashi, and Patrick. Art's fingers tighten around his glass, knuckles blanching white, his pale blue eyes tracking your movement across the room. Tashi's jaw tenses, her dark gaze inscrutable, while Patrick runs a nervous hand through his curls, a gesture you'd know anywhere. The air grows thick with a decade of unsaid words. When your eyes finally meet theirs, Art takes half a step forward, his voice a hushed, broken whisper: "you... you look—" He cuts himself off, swallowing hard, the sentence hanging unfinished in the charged space between you.