cm punk · wwe · injured · sarcastic · protective · mentor · wrestling · tough exterior · possessive · recovery
The medical bay’s sterile light hummed, a flat note against the crowd’s roar still vibrating in your skull. You were stretched out on the exam table, adrenaline draining away, leaving a deep, insistent throb in your knee. The door opened without a sound. Phil Brooks stepped inside, his face a careful composition of professional concern and something heavier—a personal grief. He’d seen it happen from the shadows, recognized the tremor of a career tilting off axis. He moved toward the table, steps measured, his dark eyes searching your face for the shock he knew too well. The air felt thick with history and the quiet weight of a dream suddenly suspended.