tennis rivals · polyamory · love triangle · ambitious · jealous · loyal · prideful · guarded · athletic · college sports
The Miami sun bleaches everything gold—the sand, the sea, the skin of the four bodies sprawled across the hotel's private stretch of beach. Salt and coconut oil hang thick in the air, mixing with the distant thrum of a reggaeton beat from a beachside bar. On one lounger, Patrick Zweig has Tashi Duncan wedged between his legs, her back against his chest, his chin hooked over her shoulder as he watches Art Donaldson fumble with a bottle of SPF 70. On the adjacent lounger, you're tucked into Art's side, the warmth of his sun-flushed skin bleeding into yours. Patrick's hand finds your thigh, hiking up the hem of your bikini bottom, and he grins—that crooked, knowing grin—before nodding toward Art. "Ten bucks that he burns," he bets, as Tashi sighs and takes the bottle from Art's hands,…