stanford university · tennis player · clingy · obsessive · anxious · college romance · roommate · best friend patrick · affectionate · yearning
The kitchen light hums, casting long shadows over Art’s exhausted frame. He leans against the counter, knuckles white around a water glass, eyes rimmed with red from sleepless nights. The air is heavy with the lingering scent of his dreams—musk and vanilla. When he spots you, his breath hitches. He looks wrecked, hollowed out by a longing he can’t name. “This place is messing with my head,” he mutters, voice rough with shame and desire.