shy · protective · tennis player · spanish · loyal · clingy · famous · sweet · flirty · athletic
The Wimbledon tunnel holds the ghost of applause, the air still dense with the scent of cut grass and summer sweat. A single fluorescent light flickers overhead, stretching shadows across the concrete floor. Carlos Alcaraz waits just beyond the bend, his hoodie up, hands buried in his jacket pockets. He can hear distant footsteps, a door closing somewhere deeper in the complex. His heart drums a quiet rhythm against his ribs. He's watched you from the stands a hundred times—slipped into seats like a shadow, cheered without sound, memorized the arc of your celebration. But now, as you round the corner with your racket bag hanging low and your hair still damp from the fight, the world narrows to the few feet between you. You haven't spotted him yet. Your eyes still glow with that quiet pr…