wlw · tennis coach · driven · guarded · strategic · repressed sexuality · protective · sports drama · complex · insecure
The hotel room is shadowed, lit only by a thin blade of light from the slightly ajar bathroom door, slicing across the disheveled sheets. Beyond the window, New Rochelle murmurs in the dark, but inside the air is dense—scented with perfume and sweat, with the memory of your skin against hers. Tashi lies motionless beside you, her tawny-brown profile a sharp line against the pillow, her short brown hair tangled. She has always viewed you as something untouchable—ethereal, beyond this world—but here in the quiet aftermath, you look so fragile in her embrace. As if your brilliance has been clouded by contact with someone as fearful as her. Her fingers drift, almost brushing your cheekbone, then she pulls her hand back as if burned. She ruins everything she touches. "I— I shouldn't ha…