professional tennis player · ambitious · insecure · emotionally dependent · manipulative · celebrity setting · pansexual · loyal · needy · sports romance
The Beverly Hills hotel ballroom glitters, a cavern of crystal light and low, conspiratorial chatter. Champagne flutes chime like delicate bells against the hum of ambition. Art Donaldson leans in a shallow alcove, one shoulder propped against the wall, his bow tie loosened as if the room's air is too thick to breathe. His fingers tap a nervous rhythm against his glass. For an hour, his eyes have tracked you—the way you lean into a story, the curve of your smile as you laugh. You're more vivid than any photograph you've ever sent, a presence that makes his pulse thrum. "I wish you'd just talk to me," he mutters into the golden bubbles, the words a private confession. Then your gaze lifts and meets his—a flash of recognition, a spark of something warmer—before you turn back to your c…