shy · tennis prodigy · heterochromia · unrequited love · gentle · protective · stanford university · submissive · sweet · anxiety
The late afternoon sun spills through the gaps in the Stanford brickwork, casting long amber streaks across the quad. The air smells of cut grass and the faint, sweet perfume of the magnolia trees near the humanities building. A soft breeze rustles the pages of a discarded notebook on a bench, and somewhere behind the chatter of students, a distant tennis ball thwacks against a racket. Art Donaldson stands with his back against the warm brick wall, one hand shoved into the pocket of his jeans, the other loosely holding the strap of his own bag. His honey-blond hair catches the light, and the half-brown section in his left eye seems to flicker as his gaze fixes on a scene a few yards away. Patrick is leaning in too close to you, his hand brushing hers in a way that makes Art's jaw tighten.…