Cupid's Arrow Eddy Gaspard

It’s June, 2003 and Tommy Guiterrez. 19, meets the tennis players he will be coaching at Strong’s Tennis Ranch in Granbury, Texas. One player, Seth Owens, seemingly reluctant to Tommy’s coaching abilities, proves that coaching teens might be more challenging than expected. Tommy reflects on the beginning of his world collapsing. Before playing in the NCAA Division 1 annual, end-of-year tournament, Tommy discovers his boyfriend, Renato Denoli, is ghosting him. During a n...

Two detectives, Anthony Jenkins and Poi Jacks, investigate and determine Renato’s cause of death, a cocaine overdose.Tommy and his Mom drive from California back to the tennis camp he grew up at, Strong's Tennis Ranch, in Granbury, Texas. After Tommy learns of Stanford revoking his tennis scholarship as a result of the DUI, he bumps into an old friend, Darren Grider, at the Strong’s cafeteria. Their friendship is complicated as they had a falling out that lasted 2 years. Det...

Coach Bob would like Tommy to attend Liberty Cup, a prestigious USTA tournament in New York, come August. Tommy says he will attend even though he is determined to play an Open, ATP-level tournament that same weekend. Anthony questions Tommy regarding Renato’s death. Zoe, in possession of Renato’s phone, calls Darren in order to question him about his relationship with Renato.Tommy attempts to connect more with one of his players, Magda Fleming, before catching her and Heathe...

At a tournament in Austin, Tommy coaches two of his players: Carl Hershey, German boy, and Heather. Carl is grieving the death of a loved one while Heather struggles with boyfriend issues.Coach Bob suspects Tommy is training for an Open-level tournament, which the latter denies as his upcoming ATP tournament date is the same weekend as Liberty Cup. Darren attempts to reconcile his friendship with Tommy, with the latter continuing to distance himself as a result of their past fallin...

During his first private lesson with Heather, Tommy finds out she and Darren are hooking up. His next lesson in, Tommy learns that Magda’s mom is promiscuous. The last private lesson of the day involves Tommy meeting Seth’s dad, Ray Owens, who is in town for a short time.Tommy advises Darren to not date Heather as players and coaches are not allowed to date.A rainy day at Strong’s means soccer practice for the players. There’s an altercation between Tommy and Seth after it s...

Zoe calls Tommy and tells him that Darren and Renato knew each other before the latter’s death. Tommy and his mom go out for dinner where she makes some ignorant comments, specifically targeting gay people, which infuriates Tommy. There’s a dance at the Ranch that Thursday night, Tommy gets to know Magda better, and Darren later harrasses Carl on the dancefloor. The latter event leads to an intense exchange between Tommy and Bob. Seth comforts an emotionally...