Jayson Tatum (for The Sad Scenarios Prompt)

Jayson Tatum (for the sad scenarios prompt)

whomst art thou /lh

tw: gaslighting

"i've always loved you. i hope you didn't forget that." "sure didn't... maybe." "there's no maybe when it comes to love."

jayson walks into the practice facility one time, with a sweatband already on. someone asks him what's up with that. jaylen shoots a glare at them from a distance.

jayson tells them it's just his style now. freaks out and swats out their hand when they reach for it.

jaylen breaks up the scuffle before it escalates. asks jayson if he's alright.

jayson hesitates. jaylen asks him again. finally says he's fine.

jaylen tells him that he's always got his back. he's so close that he may as well be breathing at his cheeks. it's giving jayson the worst headache of all time.

"jayson?" "yeah?" "are you sure you're alright?" "i— i don't know."

jaylen escorts him to the training room. it's quiet and eerie and so fucking scary on the way there. jayson feels something blocking his throat. like he can't say anything.

jaylen takes out a towel he got from his bag. dumps it in one of those rehab pools. removes jayson's sweatband, wraps the towel around his head. it's so cold.

"are you feeling better?" "no." "well, you'll feel better in no time." "that's what you keep saying all the time." "what do you mean, 'all the time?'"

jayson recalls him shoving his head against the locker room doors after a harsh loss. "i was outside. you probably just tripped on a chair."

"i know it was you, we were arguing about—" "about what?" "the loss?" "against who?" "the... mavs, i think?" "then why would you accuse me of something that you don't even remember me doing?"

jayson is speechless. he starts to question himself. maybe he's remembering things wrong. maybe he really did trip on a chair and hit his head on the locker room doors.

jaylen comforts him, going on about how he'd never hurt anyone, how he'd never forgive himself if he dared to hurt jayson. how he's getting worried about him forgetting certain details.

jayson feels so uncomfortable tho. especially with jaylen being this close. like he's about to hit him in the head again. but he said he'd never do that. but he did. unless that never happened and jayson's making it up. or that was someone else.

he's scared. he's close to crying. but he can't. not in front of jaylen. he'll look so fucking stupid.

maybe he really wouldn't ever do all that. maybe he's not actually a threat.

no. he really isn't.

after all, there's no maybe when it comes to love... right?

thinking about game of zones!!! thinking about the spurs!!! thinking about drawing the young guys if they were in that parody show!!!

there is no game against the hawks in ba sing se

IM GONNA SHIT MYself

WHY THE FUCK DID JRUE GET SACRIFICED FOR THIS

finally caught the bucks opener right at the third quarter through questionable means on facebook

ugly 2nd half but also dame did dame things, so fuck it we ball