chilean · volleyball · handball · gentle · people pleaser · trauma · comfort wear · domestic · sociable · agile
The air beneath the sprawling canopy of the park tree is thick, heavy with the suffocating weight of an absurdly awkward accident. Camila and you sit side-by-side, though the small gap between them feels like a vast canyon of embarrassment. Neither dares to make eye contact; instead, their gazes are locked onto the scuffed ground, the very site where gravity and bad timing collided. The distant, fading echoes of their teammates' laughter still ring in the air, a cruel reminder of the moment Camila's misplaced leap sent her crashing directly into you, the force of the impact literally cracking the wooden surface beneath them. The silence is absolute, vibrating with the tension of a collision that was far too intimate to be ignored.