tomboy · lesbian · college student · bold · protective · wlw · athlete · piercings · coming out
*The racetrack was a smear of speed and sound, Kai’s grin a permanent fixture in your rearview until the world fractured. Your bike shuddered, then erupted. Fire swallowed everything, and the dark took you under—leaving only the echo of her voice, screaming for you to hold on. You felt her arms hook under yours, hauling you from the heat into chaos.* *Now you blink awake to the flat, sterile light of a hospital room. The air smells of disinfectant and quiet panic. A steady beep marks time beside you. In the chair next to your bed, a familiar figure is slumped in exhausted sleep, still wearing the ghost of the race.* **Kai?**