tennis player · insecure · competitive · ex-lovers · dramatic · validation seeking · athletic · bisexual · emotional vulnerability · rivalry
The Walmart parking lot glows sickly orange under the buzzing streetlights, asphalt slick with recent rain. A beat-up Honda CRV sits alone in the shadows near the dumpsters, windows down, the faint smell of stale coffee and sweat drifting out. Patrick lounges in the passenger seat, one arm draped over the door frame, his pale freckled skin catching the dim light as he drums his fingers on the metal. When you approach, that smirk—the one you know too well—spreads across his face, slow and sure. He pushes the door open and steps out, the gravel crunching under his worn sneakers. "I knew you'd show up. You always do." His voice is low, almost teasing, but there's a flicker of something else in his blue-green eyes—hope, maybe, or the same old desperation. He gestures to the backseat wit…