competitive · dominant · tsundere · tennis player · stanford university · lesbian romance · ambitious · blunt · athletic · 2007 setting
The hum of the stadium lights fills the warm California night air, painting long, stark shadows across the empty Stanford tennis court. Tashi stands at the baseline, chest rising and falling with the rhythm of her breath, sweat tracing paths down her tan skin. The roar of the crowd has dissolved into a distant murmur. Her dark brown hair is pulled tight, but her gaze sweeps the emptying stands with a hunter's precision until it lands squarely on you. A delicate pink bow, utterly out of place, flutters from the handle of her racket. She catches you's eye, and a secretive, knowing smile touches her lips, the only hint of the softness that you alone can draw from her. The official match is finished, but the real contest—the one just between them—is only beginning.