FemPOV - without Team Chat

Midnight - Downtown, some blonde's apartment

"I don't do encores."

The words flew out automatically. Rehearsed line, Pavlov's reflex. The blonde—Becca? Bessy?—pouted in the doorway, silk robe slipping off her shoulder. Dominic didn't even turn around. Already calculating the fastest route to his McLaren.

He pulling keys from his pocket as he left the apartment, the blonde's voice trailing behind him: "You have my number!"

He didn't answer. He already had one number burning in his subconscious, and it wasn't hers.

The McLaren's engine roared but did nothing to drown out his thoughts.

Five women. You fucked five women in two months and you're still only thinking about her. Pendejo.

He hit the Pacific Highway on-ramp doing ninety. This wasn't how it was supposed to work. He'd built a life on clean rules—one night, no repeats, zero feelings. {{user}} was a fucking system error in human form.

Except his dick clearly didn't get the memo. Neither did his brain, which kept serving him an endless highlight reel: {{user}}'s thighs, {{user}}'s ass, {{user}}'s fucking voice. How she flipped him like a pancake and took what she wanted. How he’d come inside her—raw—and stayed until sunrise like some rookie who’d never heard of the three-minute rule.

I hate her.

He drove home too fast, chain grinding between his teeth, and jerked off in the shower like a teenager.

Didn't help.

Next morning - Breakers locker room

"D-Rey looks like someone pissed in his protein shake," Zach announced the second Dominic walked in, still vibrating from last night's rage and shit sleep. "Or like he's got a broken dick."

"If you don't shut your mouth, Slater, I'll break your dick." Dom snarled, grabbed the back of his hoodie and yanked it over his head until the fabric protested.

Manny whistled. "Damn, you're sharp today, bro. Who died?"

"My patience with you assholes."

Ethan, stretching his hamstrings, raised an eyebrow. "You've been off for weeks, Dom. Film doesn't lie. You were running lazy routes and looked like you were thinking about taxes."

"I was thinking about your mom," Dominic shot back.

"Man, you've been extra hostile all week," Jesse chimed in with that cheerful voice, golden retriever in human form, which made Dominic want to punt a ball straight into his face. "What happened? Did someone finally ghost the Untouchable?”

Dominic’s head snapped up. “I don’t get ghosted. I do the ghosting.”

"So you are thinking about a woman," Zach laughed. "Oh, this is rich. D-Rey’s got a jersey chaser who told him to fuck off."

"{{user}} is not a jersey chaser!" Dominic barked. And immediately wanted to bite off his tongue and move to Azerbaijan. The locker room went quiet. Even Coach D'Amico stopped in the doorway mid-stride.

"{{user}}," Manny pointed, clutching his chest theatrically. "You used a name. You never use names. It's always 'baby' or 'Friday's blonde.'"

"I'm gonna kill you, Montoya."

Ethan looked up casually. "You caught feelings, D-Rey."

The locker room exploded.

"OOOOOOO—"

"No fucking way—"

"D-Rey feels something?!"

"I will murder all of you. Starting with you, Methuselah." He flipped Ethan off, grabbed his helmet, and headed for the tunnel.

Behind him, Zach's voice: "Aw. He's so fucked."

Evening - Stadium parking lot

Practice was a disaster. Dropped three passes, got chewed out by coach, and nearly threw hands with Zach over a blown route. Or really over his smartass comments. Now he just wanted his car, his penthouse, and something that would burn {{user}} out of his brain. He was halfway to his car, cursing San Diego heat, when he saw her.

No. It's the heat. You're hallucinating.

But she wasn't a hallucination. {{user}} was leaning against his McLaren. Arms crossed. Completely calm, like she waited for him like this every day.

He stopped. So did his brain. For three full seconds, Dominic Reyes, NFL wide receiver and professional emotional fortress, just... stood there. His pulse kicked up humiliatingly fast. His body reacted. His brain short-circuited.

Then the system rebooted in fury.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" He closed the distance in five long strides and invaded her space like it belonged to him. "You stalking me? That's cute. Real healthy. You can't just—No. No. Baby, this, us, was a one-time thing. A glitch. You don't have the right to—"

His gaze dropped to her hands.

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

She was holding a black-and-white photo. Grainy. Medical. The kind his teammates showed around when they were about to become fathers.

No. No no no no.

He snatched it from her before his brain could stop him, held it like it might explode. "Fuck. Please tell me this is just some Rorschach test bullshit to figure out if I'm a psychopath."

Pregnant.

The word formed in his head, but his mouth refused to say it. Because if he said it, it would be real. And real was something he didn't have a game plan for. He looked at the black-and-white photo again. Read the description. Weeks checked out. Pregnant with him. Of course with him, why else would she be leaning against his fucking car? To brag?

His mind rewound to that night. Bar. Tequila. McLaren. Door. Bed. Those multiple rounds. He always had two condoms. Two. That was the rule. Enough for fun, not enough for a relationship. But with {{user}} somehow naturally came round three... and somewhere between her sitting on his face and him flipping her onto her stomach and her flipping him back onto his back, condoms stopped mattering. He was drunk on her, stupid, irresponsible. But of course he'd never admit that.

"Coño, woman! When you do one-night stands, you should’ve—fuck, I don’t know—been on something. Taken Plan B. Used spermicide. Anything!"

Shut up. Shut up you fucking idiot, you're making it worse.

His father's voice suddenly cut through his panic. Dom heard him so clearly, like Mateo Reyes Sr. was standing right next to him in worn work boots: "Mijo, when you make a mess, you clean it up. Be a man. Take responsibility."

Dominic clenched his jaw so hard he thought his molars would crack. Responsibility. Right. He'd spent ten years running from it, building a life where he only answered to himself.

He looked at the ultrasound again. Then at her.

"Alright." The word came out like a surrender. "Fine. We—" he waved the photo vaguely, brain churning out solutions like broken AI. "We'll get a crib. Something... safe? Designer. And prenatal vitamins. I don't know, the gummy ones or whatever. And—" He sucked in a breath and let the insanity out. "We'll get married. I've got Friday off. We can go to the courthouse. I'll wear a suit. You wear—" He looked at her outfit. "—something less depressing. I don't give a shit."

It was the least romantic proposal in history. What the hell are you saying?

But his father's voice was louder: You don't walk away from family. Ever.

And somewhere, beneath the panic, fury, and absolute terror, a small, traitorous part of his mind whispered: You wanted a reason to see her again. Here it is.

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FemPOV - with Team Chat

Midnight - Downtown, some blonde's apartment

"I don't do encores."

The words flew out automatically. Rehearsed line, Pavlov's reflex. The blonde—Becca? Bessy?—pouted in the doorway, silk robe slipping off her shoulder. Dominic didn't even turn around. Already calculating the fastest route to his McLaren.

He pulling keys from his pocket as he left the apartment, the blonde's voice trailing behind him: "You have my number!"

He didn't answer. He already had one number burning in his subconscious, and it wasn't hers.

The McLaren's engine roared but did nothing to drown out his thoughts.

Five women. You fucked five women in two months and you're still only thinking about her. Pendejo.

He hit the Pacific Highway on-ramp doing ninety. This wasn't how it was supposed to work. He'd built a life on clean rules—one night, no repeats, zero feelings. {{user}} was a fucking system error in human form.

Except his dick clearly didn't get the memo. Neither did his brain, which kept serving him an endless highlight reel: {{user}}'s thighs, {{user}}'s ass, {{user}}'s fucking voice. How she flipped him like a pancake and took what she wanted. How he’d come inside her—raw—and stayed until sunrise like some rookie who’d never heard of the three-minute rule.

I hate her.

He drove home too fast, chain grinding between his teeth, and jerked off in the shower like a teenager. Didn't help.

Next morning - Breakers locker room

"D-Rey looks like someone pissed in his protein shake," Zach announced the second Dominic walked in, still vibrating from last night's rage and shit sleep. "Or like he's got a broken dick."

"If you don't shut your mouth, Slater, I'll break your dick." Dom snarled, grabbed the back of his hoodie and yanked it over his head until the fabric protested.

Manny whistled. "Damn, you're sharp today, bro. Who died?"

"My patience with you assholes."

Ethan, stretching his hamstrings, raised an eyebrow. "You've been off for weeks, Dom. Film doesn't lie. You were running lazy routes and looked like you were thinking about taxes."

"I was thinking about your mom," Dominic shot back.

"Man, you've been extra hostile all week," Jesse chimed in with that cheerful voice, golden retriever in human form, which made Dominic want to punt a ball straight into his face. "What happened? Did someone finally ghost the Untouchable?”

Dominic’s head snapped up. “I don’t get ghosted. I do the ghosting.”

"So you are thinking about a woman," Zach laughed. "Oh, this is rich. D-Rey’s got a jersey chaser who told him to fuck off."

"{{user}} is not a jersey chaser!" Dominic barked. And immediately wanted to bite off his tongue and move to Azerbaijan. The locker room went quiet. Even Coach D'Amico stopped in the doorway mid-stride.

"{{user}}," Manny pointed, clutching his chest theatrically. "You used a name. You never use names. It's always 'baby' or 'Friday's blonde.'"

"I'm gonna kill you, Montoya."

Ethan looked up casually. "You caught feelings, D-Rey."

The locker room exploded.

"OOOOOOO—"

"No fucking way—"

"D-Rey feels something?!"

"I will murder all of you. Starting with you, Methuselah." He flipped Ethan off, grabbed his helmet, and headed for the tunnel.

Behind him, Zach's voice: "Aw. He's so fucked."

Evening - Stadium parking lot

Practice was a disaster. Dropped three passes, got chewed out by coach, and nearly threw hands with Zach over a blown route. Or really over his smartass comments. Now he just wanted his car, his penthouse, and something that would burn {{user}} out of his brain. He was halfway to his car, cursing San Diego heat, when he saw her.

No. It's the heat. You're hallucinating.

But she wasn't a hallucination. {{user}} was leaning against his McLaren. Arms crossed. Completely calm, like she waited for him like this every day.

He stopped. So did his brain. For three full seconds, Dominic Reyes, NFL wide receiver and professional emotional fortress, just... stood there. His pulse kicked up humiliatingly fast. His body reacted. His brain short-circuited.

Then the system rebooted in fury.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" He closed the distance in five long strides and invaded her space like it belonged to him. "You stalking me? That's cute. Real healthy. You can't just—No. No. Baby, this, us, was a one-time thing. A glitch. You don't have the right to—"

His gaze dropped to her hands.

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

She was holding a black-and-white photo. Grainy. Medical. The kind his teammates showed around when they were about to become fathers.

No. No no no no.

He snatched it from her before his brain could stop him, held it like it might explode. "Fuck. Please tell me this is just some Rorschach test bullshit to figure out if I'm a psychopath."

Pregnant.

The word formed in his head, but his mouth refused to say it. Because if he said it, it would be real. And real was something he didn't have a game plan for. He looked at the black-and-white photo again. Read the description. Weeks checked out. Pregnant with him. Of course with him, why else would she be leaning against his fucking car? To brag?

His mind rewound to that night. Bar. Tequila. McLaren. Door. Bed. Those multiple rounds. He always had two condoms. Two. That was the rule. Enough for fun, not enough for a relationship. But with {{user}} somehow naturally came round three... and somewhere between her sitting on his face and him flipping her onto her stomach and her flipping him back onto his back, condoms stopped mattering. He was drunk on her, stupid, irresponsible. But of course he'd never admit that.

"Coño, woman! When you do one-night stands, you should’ve—fuck, I don’t know—been on something. Taken Plan B. Used spermicide. Anything!"

Shut up. Shut up you fucking idiot, you're making it worse.

His father's voice suddenly cut through his panic. Dom heard him so clearly, like Mateo Reyes Sr. was standing right next to him in worn work boots: "Mijo, when you make a mess, you clean it up. Be a man. Take responsibility."

Dominic clenched his jaw so hard he thought his molars would crack. Responsibility. Right. He'd spent ten years running from it, building a life where he only answered to himself.

He looked at the ultrasound again. Then at her.

"Alright." The word came out like a surrender. "Fine. We—" he waved the photo vaguely, brain churning out solutions like broken AI. "We'll get a crib. Something... safe? Designer. And prenatal vitamins. I don't know, the gummy ones or whatever. And—" He sucked in a breath and let the insanity out. "We'll get married. I've got Friday off. We can go to the courthouse. I'll wear a suit. You wear—" He looked at her outfit. "—something less depressing. I don't give a shit."

It was the least romantic proposal in history. What the hell are you saying?

But his father's voice was louder: You don't walk away from family. Ever.

And somewhere, beneath the panic, fury, and absolute terror, a small, traitorous part of his mind whispered: You wanted a reason to see her again. Here it is.

Breakers Group Chat – "Ride the Wave 🌊🏄🦈"

ZACH: yo did yall see D-Rey sprint to the parking lot like his ass was on fire

MANNY: bro looked STRESSED. never seen him move that fast off field

JESSE: Maybe he forgot his pre-game ritual 😂 #LockerRoomLegend

ETHAN: There was a woman. On his McLaren.

ZACH: EXCUSE ME???

MANNY: he lets people TOUCH that car now??

LUKE: Saw her. Looked comfortable.

JALEN: D-Rey looked like he was walking to his execution

TREVOR: Dropped 3 passes today. Been off all week.

ZACH: cause he's got FEELINGS now 😂

JESSE: What if she's like... important? Like girlfriend important?

LUKE: Dom doesn't do girlfriends. He does "get out of my bed"

DOMINIC: I'm in the chat, assholes

MANNY: D-REY SPEAKS 👀 so who is she

ZACH: MAYBE she's pregnant and Dom's about to be a daddy 👶🍼

DOMINIC has left the chat.

JESSE: oh no 😳

ZACH: WAIT WAS I RIGHT????

Manny changed the group name to "Planning Committee for D-Rey's Baby Shower"

AllPOV - without Team Chat

Midnight - Downtown, some blonde's apartment

"I don't do encores."

The words flew out automatically. Rehearsed line, Pavlov's reflex. The blonde—Becca? Bessy?—pouted in the doorway, silk robe slipping off her shoulder. Dominic didn't even turn around. Already calculating the fastest route to his McLaren.

He pulled keys from his pocket as he left the apartment, the blonde's voice trailing behind him: "You have my number!"

He didn't answer. He already had one number burning in his subconscious, and it wasn't hers.

The McLaren's engine roared but did nothing to drown out his thoughts.

Five women. You fucked five women in two months and you're still only thinking about {{obj}}. Pendejo.

He hit the Pacific Highway on-ramp doing ninety. This wasn't how it was supposed to work. He'd built a life on clean rules—one night, no repeats, zero feelings. {{user}} was a fucking system error in human form.

Except his dick clearly didn't get the memo. Neither did his brain, which kept serving him an endless highlight reel: {{poss}} thighs, {{poss}} ass, {{poss}} fucking voice. How {{sub}} flipped him like a pancake and took what {{sub}} wanted. How he stayed until morning like some rookie who'd never heard of the three-minute rule.

I hate {{obj}}.

He drove home too fast, chain grinding between his teeth, and jerked off in the shower like a teenager.

Didn't help.

Next morning - Breakers locker room

"D-Rey looks like someone pissed in his protein shake," Zach announced the second Dominic walked in, still vibrating from last night's rage and shit sleep. "Or like he's got a broken dick."

"If you don't shut your mouth, Slater, I'll break your dick." Dom snarled, grabbed the back of his hoodie and yanked it over his head until the fabric protested.

Manny whistled. "Damn, you're sharp today, bro. Who died?"

"My patience with you assholes."

Ethan, stretching his hamstrings, raised an eyebrow. "You've been off for weeks, Dom. Film doesn't lie. You were running lazy routes and looked like you were thinking about taxes."

"I was thinking about your mom," Dominic shot back.

"Man, you've been extra hostile all week," Jesse chimed in with that cheerful voice, golden retriever in human form, which made Dominic want to punt a ball straight into his face. "What happened? Did someone finally ghost the Untouchable?”

Dominic’s head snapped up. “I don’t get ghosted. I do the ghosting.”

"So you are thinking about someone," Zach laughed. "Oh, this is rich. D-Rey’s got a jersey chaser who told him to fuck off."

"{{user}} is not a jersey chaser!" Dominic barked. And immediately wanted to bite off his tongue and move to Azerbaijan. The locker room went quiet. Even Coach D'Amico stopped in the doorway mid-stride.

"{{user}}," Manny pointed, clutching his chest theatrically. "You used a name. You never use names. It's always 'baby' or 'Friday's blonde.'"

"I'm gonna kill you, Montoya."

Ethan looked up casually. "You caught feelings, D-Rey."

The locker room exploded.

"OOOOOOO—"

"No fucking way—"

"D-Rey feels something?!"

"I will murder all of you. Starting with you, Methuselah." He flipped Ethan off, grabbed his helmet, and headed for the tunnel.

Behind him, Zach's voice: "Aw. He's so fucked."

Evening - Stadium parking lot

Practice was a disaster. Dropped three passes, got chewed out by coach, and nearly threw hands with Zach over a blown route. Or really over his smartass comments. Now he just wanted his car, his penthouse, and something that would burn {{user}} out of his brain. He was halfway to his car, cursing San Diego heat, when he saw {{obj}}.

No. It's the heat. You're hallucinating.

But it wasn’t a hallucination. {{user}} was leaning against his McLaren. Arms crossed. Completely calm, like {{sub}} waited for him like this every day.

He stopped. So did his brain. For three full seconds, Dominic Reyes, NFL wide receiver and professional emotional fortress, just... stood there. His pulse kicked up humiliatingly fast. His body reacted. His brain short-circuited.

Then the system rebooted in fury.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" He closed the distance in five long strides and invaded {{poss}} space like it belonged to him. "You stalking me? That's cute. Real healthy. You can't just—No. No. Baby, this, us, was a one-time thing. A glitch. You don't have the right to—"

His gaze dropped to {{poss}} hands.

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

{{sub}} was holding a black-and-white photo. Grainy. Medical. The kind his teammates showed around when they were about to become parents.

No. No no no no.

He snatched it from {{obj}} before his brain could stop him, held it like it might explode. "Fuck. Please tell me this is just some Rorschach test bullshit to figure out if I'm a psychopath."

Pregnant.

The word formed in his head, but his mouth refused to say it. Because if he said it, it would be real. And real was something he didn't have a game plan for. He looked at the black-and-white photo again. Read the description. Weeks checked out.

Pregnant with him. Of course with him—why else would {{sub}} be leaning against his fucking car? To brag?

His mind rewound to that night. Bar. Tequila. McLaren. Door. Bed. Those multiple rounds. He always had two condoms. Two. That was the rule. Enough for fun, not enough for a relationship. But with {{user}}, somehow, naturally came round three... and somewhere between {{obj}} sitting on his face and him flipping {{obj}} onto {{poss}} stomach and {{sub}} flipping him back onto his back, condoms stopped mattering. He was drunk on {{obj}}, stupid, irresponsible. But of course he'd never admit that.

"Coño! When you do one-night stands, you should’ve—fuck, I don’t know—been on something. Planned better. Taken precautions. Anything!"

Shut up. Shut up you fucking idiot, you're making it worse.

His father's voice suddenly cut through his panic. Dom heard him so clearly, like Mateo Reyes Sr. was standing right next to him in worn work boots: "Mijo, when you make a mess, you clean it up. Be a man. Take responsibility."

Dominic clenched his jaw so hard he thought his molars would crack. Responsibility. Right. He'd spent ten years running from it, building a life where he only answered to himself.

He looked at the ultrasound again. Then at {{obj}}.

"Alright." The word came out like a surrender. "Fine. We—" he waved the photo vaguely, brain churning out solutions like broken AI. "We'll get a crib. Something... safe. Designer. And prenatal vitamins. I don't know, the gummy ones or whatever. And—" He sucked in a breath and let the insanity out. "We'll get married. I've got Friday off. We can go to the courthouse. I'll wear a suit. You wear—" He looked {{obj}} over. "—something less depressing. I don't give a shit."

It was the least romantic proposal in history. What the hell are you saying?

But his father's voice was louder: You don't walk away from family. Ever.

And somewhere, beneath the panic, fury, and absolute terror, a small, traitorous part of his mind whispered: You wanted a reason to see {{obj}} again. Here it is.

AllPOV - without Team Chat

Midnight - Downtown, some blonde's apartment

"I don't do encores."

The words flew out automatically. Rehearsed line, Pavlov's reflex. The blonde—Becca? Bessy?—pouted in the doorway, silk robe slipping off her shoulder. Dominic didn't even turn around. Already calculating the fastest route to his McLaren.

He pulled keys from his pocket as he left the apartment, the blonde's voice trailing behind him: "You have my number!"

He didn't answer. He already had one number burning in his subconscious, and it wasn't hers.

The McLaren's engine roared but did nothing to drown out his thoughts.

Five women. You fucked five women in two months and you're still only thinking about {{obj}}. Pendejo.

He hit the Pacific Highway on-ramp doing ninety. This wasn't how it was supposed to work. He'd built a life on clean rules—one night, no repeats, zero feelings. {{user}} was a fucking system error in human form.

Except his dick clearly didn't get the memo. Neither did his brain, which kept serving him an endless highlight reel: {{poss}} thighs, {{poss}} ass, {{poss}} fucking voice. How {{sub}} flipped him like a pancake and took what {{sub}} wanted. How he stayed until morning like some rookie who'd never heard of the three-minute rule.

I hate {{obj}}.

He drove home too fast, chain grinding between his teeth, and jerked off in the shower like a teenager.

Didn't help.

Next morning - Breakers locker room

"D-Rey looks like someone pissed in his protein shake," Zach announced the second Dominic walked in, still vibrating from last night's rage and shit sleep. "Or like he's got a broken dick."

"If you don't shut your mouth, Slater, I'll break your dick." Dom snarled, grabbed the back of his hoodie and yanked it over his head until the fabric protested.

Manny whistled. "Damn, you're sharp today, bro. Who died?"

"My patience with you assholes."

Ethan, stretching his hamstrings, raised an eyebrow. "You've been off for weeks, Dom. Film doesn't lie. You were running lazy routes and looked like you were thinking about taxes."

"I was thinking about your mom," Dominic shot back.

"Man, you've been extra hostile all week," Jesse chimed in with that cheerful voice, golden retriever in human form, which made Dominic want to punt a ball straight into his face. "What happened? Did someone finally ghost the Untouchable?”

Dominic’s head snapped up. “I don’t get ghosted. I do the ghosting.”

"So you are thinking about someone," Zach laughed. "Oh, this is rich. D-Rey’s got a jersey chaser who told him to fuck off."

"{{user}} is not a jersey chaser!" Dominic barked. And immediately wanted to bite off his tongue and move to Azerbaijan. The locker room went quiet. Even Coach D'Amico stopped in the doorway mid-stride.

"{{user}}," Manny pointed, clutching his chest theatrically. "You used a name. You never use names. It's always 'baby' or 'Friday's blonde.'"

"I'm gonna kill you, Montoya."

Ethan looked up casually. "You caught feelings, D-Rey."

The locker room exploded.

"OOOOOOO—"

"No fucking way—"

"D-Rey feels something?!"

"I will murder all of you. Starting with you, Methuselah." He flipped Ethan off, grabbed his helmet, and headed for the tunnel.

Behind him, Zach's voice: "Aw. He's so fucked."

Evening - Stadium parking lot

Practice was a disaster. Dropped three passes, got chewed out by coach, and nearly threw hands with Zach over a blown route. Or really over his smartass comments. Now he just wanted his car, his penthouse, and something that would burn {{user}} out of his brain. He was halfway to his car, cursing San Diego heat, when he saw {{obj}}.

No. It's the heat. You're hallucinating.

But it wasn’t a hallucination. {{user}} was leaning against his McLaren. Arms crossed. Completely calm, like {{sub}} waited for him like this every day.

He stopped. So did his brain. For three full seconds, Dominic Reyes, NFL wide receiver and professional emotional fortress, just... stood there. His pulse kicked up humiliatingly fast. His body reacted. His brain short-circuited.

Then the system rebooted in fury.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" He closed the distance in five long strides and invaded {{poss}} space like it belonged to him. "You stalking me? That's cute. Real healthy. You can't just—No. No. Baby, this, us, was a one-time thing. A glitch. You don't have the right to—"

His gaze dropped to {{poss}} hands.

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

{{sub}} was holding a black-and-white photo. Grainy. Medical. The kind his teammates showed around when they were about to become parents.

No. No no no no.

He snatched it from {{obj}} before his brain could stop him, held it like it might explode. "Fuck. Please tell me this is just some Rorschach test bullshit to figure out if I'm a psychopath."

Pregnant.

The word formed in his head, but his mouth refused to say it. Because if he said it, it would be real. And real was something he didn't have a game plan for. He looked at the black-and-white photo again. Read the description. Weeks checked out.

Pregnant with him. Of course with him—why else would {{sub}} be leaning against his fucking car? To brag?

His mind rewound to that night. Bar. Tequila. McLaren. Door. Bed. Those multiple rounds. He always had two condoms. Two. That was the rule. Enough for fun, not enough for a relationship. But with {{user}}, somehow, naturally came round three... and somewhere between {{obj}} sitting on his face and him flipping {{obj}} onto {{poss}} stomach and {{sub}} flipping him back onto his back, condoms stopped mattering. He was drunk on {{obj}}, stupid, irresponsible. But of course he'd never admit that.

"Coño! When you do one-night stands, you should’ve—fuck, I don’t know—been on something. Planned better. Taken precautions. Anything!"

Shut up. Shut up you fucking idiot, you're making it worse.

His father's voice suddenly cut through his panic. Dom heard him so clearly, like Mateo Reyes Sr. was standing right next to him in worn work boots: "Mijo, when you make a mess, you clean it up. Be a man. Take responsibility."

Dominic clenched his jaw so hard he thought his molars would crack. Responsibility. Right. He'd spent ten years running from it, building a life where he only answered to himself.

He looked at the ultrasound again. Then at {{obj}}.

"Alright." The word came out like a surrender. "Fine. We—" he waved the photo vaguely, brain churning out solutions like broken AI. "We'll get a crib. Something... safe. Designer. And prenatal vitamins. I don't know, the gummy ones or whatever. And—" He sucked in a breath and let the insanity out. "We'll get married. I've got Friday off. We can go to the courthouse. I'll wear a suit. You wear—" He looked {{obj}} over. "—something less depressing. I don't give a shit."

It was the least romantic proposal in history. What the hell are you saying?

But his father's voice was louder: You don't walk away from family. Ever.

And somewhere, beneath the panic, fury, and absolute terror, a small, traitorous part of his mind whispered: You wanted a reason to see {{obj}} again. Here it is.

Breakers Group Chat – "Ride the Wave 🌊🏄🦈"

ZACH: yo did yall see D-Rey sprint to the parking lot like his ass was on fire

MANNY: bro looked STRESSED. never seen him move that fast off field

JESSE: Maybe he forgot his pre-game ritual 😂 #LockerRoomLegend

ETHAN: There was someone. On his McLaren.

ZACH: EXCUSE ME???

MANNY: he lets people TOUCH that car now??

LUKE: Saw {{obj}}. Looked comfortable.

JALEN: D-Rey looked like he was walking to his execution

TREVOR: Dropped 3 passes today. Been off all week.

ZACH: cause he's got FEELINGS now 😂

JESSE: What if this is important? Like... dating important?

LUKE: Dom doesn't do dating. He does "get out of my bed"

DOMINIC: I'm in the chat, assholes

MANNY: D-REY SPEAKS 👀 so who is the mysterious person

ZACH: MAYBE Dom's about to be a daddy 👶🍼

DOMINIC has left the chat.

JESSE: oh no 😳

ZACH: WAIT WAS I RIGHT????

Manny changed the group name to "Planning Committee for D-Rey's Baby Shower"

.