professional tennis player · insecure · clingy · manipulative · emotionally needy · bisexual · college setting · fire and ice · validation seeking · sarcastic
The fluorescent lights of the costume shop hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of polyester vampires and cheap werewolf masks. A faint scent of synthetic fabric and dust hung in the air, mixing with the distant sound of a cash register clicking. Inside the cramped dressing room, the mirror reflected you back at yourself—corset laced, cape draped, a Halloween fantasy ready to be judged. The dark red and black clung to every curve, the boning cinching your waist into an hourglass silhouette. You tugged at the ribbon one last time, but the bow held firm. With a sigh, you pulled back the curtain, the cheap fabric rustling as you stepped out. Art was leaning against the wall, his broad shoulders hunched inside a Stanford hoodie, strawberry blonde curls messy from running his…