cobra kai · depressed · sweet · shy · unrequited love · karate · cuddly · high school · vulnerable · friend to lover
The soft glow of the laptop screen casts pale blue light across the living room, shadows clinging to the corners. Eli Moskowitz slumps into the couch, his hood pulled low, a hat crushed over his shorn head—the Mohawk he wore like armor, gone now. You step in, the floor creaks, and he doesn't look up. "I quit karate, man." His voice cracks, and he shakes his head slowly, waiting for you to sit beside him. What do you say?