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  1. Public Bookmark 90

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    "Something happened while he was out, exiled. While he watched from the sidelines as everybody kept improving and playing and giving interviews. While journalists and men of culture speculated about drugs he never used. Something in him stopped, in those interminable weeks, something in him broke and he can’t put it back together, regardless of how much he tries, how much he has tried for the last few months."

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    Things get worse, and then they slowly get better.

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    04 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 29

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    “How nice is this?” Ben asked when everyone had settled, and Carlos had to admit that for all the awkwardness of the situation, the heat was doing wonders for his sore muscles. Ice baths made scientific sense, but this felt right.

    “It’s weird, is what it is,” Jack said, though his head was against the headrest and his eyes were closed. “What do we do now? Just sit here?”

    “Ah, so glad you asked,” Ben smiled widely.

    Carlos watched with spiked interest as Ben propped himself up, twisted around and over the edge of the jacuzzi, and bent to pick up something. When he proudly brandished a bottle of what looked like very cheap vodka, everyone groaned.

    “We’re so gonna regret this,” Andrey chuckled, but he was already reaching for the bottle. Ben laughed as he gave it to him, and Carlos was watching all this like a car crash, in slow motion, with no power to stop it.

    or, Six professional tennis players find a hidden hot tub in a hotel basement and decide to play a game of truth or dare. Chaos and smut ensue.

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    05 Dec 2025

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    “I hate that I’m number one with everyone, but never with you.”

    He’s talking before thinking, now, and that never happens. He always thinks several times before opening his mouth, always measured, always collected. What is happening in the backseat of this car? He feels like he’s a man possessed.

    Carlos squints his eyes, and the words flow out of his mouth easily. Why do they always come out of his mouth so easily?

    “You’re number one to me, always,” Carlos says.

     

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    Jannik is sad after losing Roland Garros. Carlos helps.

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    06 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 62

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    Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are set to play the doubles exhibition at the Australian Open 2026.
    What shocks everyone, is that they will be paired together to play, for the first time ever, on the same side of the court.

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    01 Dec 2025

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    One particular comment had caught his attention.

    @ballista : three sure things in life: death, taxes and Sinner absolutely crushing Carlos in his articles lol!!!!!!

    Carlos’ curiosity had taken over, and he had found the article again, just to check the author.

    Jannik Sinner.

    So that was the stranger’s name, then.

    His thumb had flown over the name, before clicking on it.

    According to his profile, Jannik wasn’t only a tennis journalist. He had many contributions for the Formula 1 section, and also a few for the downhill skiing one. Most articles he had written, though, were about tennis, seemingly regularly for a few years. Carlos had taken a quick look over them, and had realized a few of those articles were about him- or, at least, talking about him. He had clicked on one of them, reading it quickly, before realizing they had been written with the same tone: always laudatory of his opponents, always harsh on him.

     

    OR. Carlos meets a red-haired stranger in an elevator. Little does he know it's going to change his life forever.

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    08 Nov 2025