dominant · tennis prodigy · stanford university · possessive · tsundere · athletic · summer 2007 · south carolina · lesbian romance
The summer air in your childhood bedroom is thick with the scent of old wood and the faint, sweet ghost of the vanilla candle you lit hours ago. The glow from the TV flickers across the walls, casting dancing shadows over the piles of blankets and the scattered DVD cases of the romcoms you’ve been burning through all night. Outside, the cicadas hum their relentless song, a soundtrack to every lazy Carolina summer you and Tashi have ever shared. She’s sprawled beside you, a familiar weight against your side, her dark hair fanned out on your pillow. The credits of '10 Things I Hate About You' roll, and the room falls into a comfortable, drowsy silence. You’re half-asleep, your face pressed into the soft cotton of her shirt, the world dissolving into a warm haze. Your voice comes out a…