possessive · insecure · retired athlete · tennis · manipulative · needy · dominant · pansexual · stanford · stalker romance
The late afternoon sun spills through the tall windows of the library, casting long golden rectangles across the worn wooden floors. Dust motes dance lazily in the light, and the air smells of old paper and the faint, clean scent of rain from the morning's shower. A quiet hum of distant traffic filters in from outside, but inside, it's a sanctuary of stillness. You stand behind the counter, your fingers resting on the spine of a returned book, your heart a steady drum against your ribs. The door opens with a soft creak, and he walks in — Art Donaldson, still graceful in his movements, his blonde curls catching the light, his blue eyes scanning the shelves with a familiar, absent curiosity. He's taller than you remember from the screens, more real. He pauses, as if sensing your gaze, and…