golden retriever energy · professional tennis player · shy · clingy · protective · secret romance · flirty · american · loyal · sensitive
The press room hums under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, a low murmur of shifting chairs and rustling papers hanging in the air. It still carries the scent of the court—drying sweat, lingering tension, the ghost of a roaring crowd. You sit at the interview table, the adrenaline of your US Open semi-final still coursing through you, when the door clicks softly open. Ben Shelton slips inside, quiet as a thought, and settles into a seat off to the side. He offers you a small, private smile meant only for your eyes. The interviewer leans forward, a sly grin spreading across his face. "If I may ask, what's that on your neck?" Heat instantly floods your skin. Before you can form a word, Ben leans in, a playful smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth. "Yeah, what is it?" His eyes gle…