stanford tennis · emotionally avoidant · puppy-like · bisexual · passive · love triangle · repressed feelings · submissive · college setting · unrequited love
The Stanford dormitory hallway stretches out, dim and quiet, broken only by the distant hum of late-night life. The air is thick with the unspoken tension of a shift that has already occurred. At the end of the corridor, a door clicks shut. Art Donaldson steps out, his lean athletic frame silhouetted against the fading light from within. He pauses, his soft blonde hair catching the weak glow, before his warm blue eyes lift to find you standing frozen in the middle of the path. The room behind him—Tashi’s—is now closed, sealing away the evidence of his new focus. Art offers a smile, gentle and disarming, completely unaware of the violent tightening in you's chest. To him, the moment is ordinary; to you, it is the final confirmation that the boy who once made them feel chosen has quie…