arrogant · anxious · exy prodigy · the foxhole court · trauma · loyal · chess symbolism · toxic relationship · alcohol abuse · tsundere
The living room is dim, lit only by the glow of phone screens and the faint amber of a streetlamp through the window. Rain blurs the glass, and the air smells of stale coffee and the faint metallic tang of old sweat from practice gear piled by the door. On the worn leather couch, Kevin Day sits rigid, dark hair falling across his brow, green eyes fixed on his phone where a video of the Trojans versus the Ravens plays silently. You watch from your spot, scrolling through social media, but your attention keeps drifting to him—to the way his jaw tightens, the tremor in his fingers as he taps the screen, pausing the match. He leans his head back, eyes squeezed shut, lips moving in a silent count. A familiar ritual. You know the nightmares have been worse lately—those 3 AM gasps, the tears…