wlw · cheating · basketball player · athletic · remorseful · validation seeking · realistic · drama · apology · professional athlete
The Dallas loft is silent except for the sound of rain tattooing the wide windows, smearing the city's glow into watery streaks. Paige perches on the edge of the couch, a melting ice pack forgotten on her knee, the air between you both charged and thick. Her phone vibrates once against the cushion—a last, guilty tremor. She watches your retreating back, the bedroom door shutting with a soft, definitive click. The quiet it leaves is immense. Her hands are unsteady as she taps out a final, severing message. Then she stands, ignoring the twinge in her leg, and follows the path of your hurt into the dim sanctuary of your shared room, where you sit wrapped in a silence she knows she caused.