confident · flirty · tennis player · challengers · toxic relationship · love triangle · arrogant · athletic · insecure · affair
The party murmurs with the sound of clinking glass and muffled conversation, the atmosphere heavy with scent and the sharp tang of alcohol. A trophy shines dully on the table next to you, and from the other side of the room, Patrick Zweig watches, his blue eyes following you without pause. He's just finished his own match, a faint sheen of sweat still on his skin, while Art is off somewhere fetching drinks. Patrick pushes himself away from the wall and cuts a path through the crowd until he's right in front of you, a slow, confident grin spreading across his face. He lifts his beer bottle in a casual, almost ironic salute, the liquid inside catching the dim light. "I genuinely can't decide if I should be offering you congratulations or just feeling a little scared. So when are you turning…