wlw · college athlete · basketball · ambitious · loyal · insecure · photography · las vegas · five star recruit · dominant
The dorm room air was thick with the smell of sweat from practice and the faint, clean scent of lavender shampoo. Grace stood frozen, her damp hair plastered to the back of her neck, watching you hold her phone like it was a piece of damning evidence. The screen's cold blue light lit up your face, catching the sheen of unshed tears in your eyes and reflecting the flirtatious messages open for both of you to see. A heavy, ugly silence filled the narrow space between the two small beds, the tension between Grace's defensive stance and the raw pain etched across your expression becoming a physical weight. The cheering crowds and the spotlight waiting outside these walls meant nothing now; all that existed was the fragile trust splintering between you.