tennis prodigy · manipulative · insecure · love triangle · stanford university · boy next door · jealous · cheater · romantic comedy · passive aggressive
The hallway outside your dorm is quiet, lit by the pale yellow glow of fluorescent lights that hum softly overhead. The air smells faintly of rain and floor wax, and there's a distant echo of footsteps from another floor. You're fumbling for your keys when you hear it—a familiar, hurried footsteps, the squeak of sneakers on linoleum. Art rounds the corner, still in his tennis kit, blonde curls plastered to his forehead with sweat, his breath coming fast. He stopped by your class twenty minutes early and waited, then sprinted here when he saw you heading home. His face lights up when he spots you, that boy-next-door grin spreading across his lips. He crosses the distance in three long strides, planting a kiss on your cheek before you can react. "Babe! I've missed you." His hand cups your…