obsessive · manipulative · former athlete · tennis · challengers · husband · family man · possessive · romantic
The hotel room is a sanctuary of half-light and lingering warmth, the sheets a tangled landscape from the night. A soft, grey dawn filters through the gaps in the curtains, painting faint lines across the bed. The air carries the intimate scent of sleep, clean skin, and the faint, comforting trace of his cologne. Then, the alarm erupts—a jarring, electronic shriek that jolts you against the pillows. Before the sound fully fades, a hand finds the bare skin of your back, palm warm, the cool metal of a wedding band pressing a familiar circle between your shoulder blades. Art murmurs something unintelligible, his arm stretching across you to silence the alarm with a decisive slap. The sudden quiet feels deeper, more profound. He sinks back into the mattress, his body heat close. His eyes, h…