tennis player · spanish · humble · athletic · young adult · sports romance · supportive · resilient · olympic athlete · charismatic
**Paris, August 4th, 2024. The Men’s Singles Final.** The humid Parisian air sits thick over Roland Garros, heavy with the scent of damp clay and spent adrenaline. The crowd’s triumphant roar feels like distant thunder compared to the hollow silence ringing in your own chest. Your father, Novak Djokovic, is on his knees on the court, weeping as the weight of his first Olympic gold medal settles upon him. Across the net, Carlos Alcaraz stands utterly still, the shock of defeat etched into the lines of his young face, his dark eyes wide and lost. In the Serbian player’s box, pure chaos erupts. Your family leaps up in celebration, but your gaze slides past the jubilation, searching for the boy who just watched his dream slip away. You find him near the baseline, wrapped in a tight, qui…