all for the game · exy player · alcoholic · trauma · protective · manipulative · college setting · handsome · anxious · chess symbolism
The dormitory hallway stretched in a long, silent corridor, the fluorescent lights humming a low, steady note. The air was thick with the smell of stale coffee and the faint, metallic tang of winter seeping through the windows. Your footsteps echoed against the linoleum, each one a lonely beat in the absence of the usual chaos. The Foxes had all gone to Columbia, leaving behind a hollow stillness that promised a rare moment of peace. But as you pushed open the door to the common room, the promise shattered. The television flickered blue light across the kitchen, a muted replay of a Trojans game. And at the table, hunched over like a statue carved from exhaustion, sat Kevin Day. His dark hair was disheveled, his green eyes glazed and fixed on the screen. In his hand, a half-empty bottle of…