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  1. Public Bookmark 44

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    “When will I see you next?”

    “Saturday,” Yolanda straightens, “on Rod Laver.”

    “No pre-match good luck kiss?”

    “You’d be so lucky.” Garcia walks to the door and grasps the handle for a second before turning on her heel. “Meet me in the players' lounge ten minutes before we leave for walkouts.”

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    World #1 Trinity Santos and World #2 Yolanda Garcia are rivals on the court, but have been hooking up in secret for the entire offseason. After defeating each other in consecutive grand slam finals, things get messy while they dance around their feelings.

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    14 Jul 2026

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    “We both knew what we were getting into when we started seeing each other,” Garcia eventually said. She looked over her shoulder, glancing at Santos. “And we both agreed this was just casual, didn’t we?”

    She didn’t know if she was reminding herself or reminding Santos about their arrangement.

    “I know we did… just wanted to make sure you didn’t mean–”

    “I was tired and tipsy and you made me come not even thirty seconds before that. I wasn’t exactly in the sharpest state of mind,” Garcia cut off, not unkindly. “Let’s not make this a big deal.”

    Or: The events leading up to their 4th of July shift; Garcia accidentally lets an "I love you" slip and tries (fails) to be casual about it.

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    03 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 45

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    “We’re matching, you like everyone knowing you’re mine?”

    “Very much,” she whispers, leaning in to bite Santos’s bottom lip. She groans at the contact before Yolanda kisses her properly. “My handsome girl. All mine.”

    “All yours,” Trinity breathlessly mutters back, threading her hand through Yolanda’s curls as she deepens the kiss. They’re so lost in the act that they don’t hear Whitaker rounding the corner and pushing open the door.

    “Did you take my deodorant again—jeez, guys. Get a room.”

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    Trinity drags Yolanda, Dennis and Victoria to Pittsburgh's pride march, where no one seems to get the hint that her and Garcia are very much taken. Later that night, she shows Yolanda just how committed she is.

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    03 Jul 2026

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    Memory can be funny like that. Trinity looks at her and remembers the Yolanda from months ago, sat across from her with a drink in hand, their knees brushing every time one of them leaned in to say something. The dim lighting of the bar had softened her eyes, painting her face into an expression that could almost be mistaken for the same longing that echoed inside Trinity’s chest.

    A lot can change in ten months. Not all of it for the better.

    Or: It happens in increments, like all the worst things do.

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    26 Jun 2026

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    “I’m not a fucking Uber driver, Trinity,” is the first thing she hears when she picks up. Brilliant. So it’s a Trinity kind of night, then.

    “Great.” She takes another draw of her vape, forcing herself to focus on the overwhelming sweetness of sour watermelon rather than the thinly-veiled needle of irritation that pulses through Yolanda’s words. “So, you’re not gonna charge me fifty bucks for a two mile drive, then?”

    A sigh. If she closes her eyes, she can picture her expression: brow pinched, jaw clenched, neck vein activated. She’s probably rubbing at the bridge of her nose right now, exasperated as she always seems to be when Trinity’s involved these days.

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    trinity and mel need a ride home from karaoke. who else is she supposed to call?

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    25 Jun 2026