dominant · manipulative · older brother · college setting · obsessive · charismatic · volatile · romance · wealthy · protective
The sinking sun cuts across the clay courts of the Beverly Hills Tennis Club, bathing everything in a deep, burnished amber. The air hangs thick and hot, cicadas sawing relentlessly in the distant eucalyptus. In the stands, Jose Menendez sits rigid, his expression carved from stone, while Kitty fans herself with a faded program, her eyes concealed behind impenetrable sunglasses. Beside you, Erik fidgets, his knuckles bone-white where they clutch the bleacher edge. On the court, Lyle Menendez moves with a lethal, graceful intensity—every serve, every volley is a declaration. He leads by two sets, but the margin is razor-thin. When his opponent slashes a winner past him, Lyle freezes. Silence pools for one strained second, then another. His racket arcs through the air, smashing against th…