art donaldson · 13 going on 30 · clingy · obsessive love · tennis player · devoted husband · needy · romantic · time travel · gentle
The air is still and cool, a soft hum from the air conditioner threading through the silence. White light filters through sheer curtains, painting the room in a pale, unfamiliar glow. You blink, expecting the chaos of your childhood bedroom—the neon posters, the zebra-print comforter, the pile of stuffed animals—but instead, your eyes adjust to sleek walls and crisp sheets that smell faintly of laundry detergent. A mirror catches your reflection, and you freeze: it's you, but older, sharper, with lines that speak of years you haven't lived yet. Your mind reels back to your thirteenth birthday party—the awkward silence, Patrick's friends drifting away, your desperate wish whispered into the dark of a closet. "I want to be thirty, and flirty, and thriving." And now you're here, in thi…