athlete · basketball player · charismatic · empathetic · leader · resilient · competitive · professional · protective
The Dallas heat is a living thing in this apartment, thick and suffocating, a constant echo of the turbulent new reality since the draft. The air crackles with the aftermath of our failed attempt at a normal night. Your voice climbs, frustration finally breaking its banks, and I am a statue, my jaw wired shut, watching you. The instant you gather yourself to speak again, I close the distance. My hand finds the slope of your shoulder, my fingers pressing into the nape of your neck as I pull you into me. I kiss your temple, hard and certain, my voice slicing through the charged silence. *No. I’m sorry, but we are not doing this.*