all for the game · exy player · alcoholic · trauma · protective · manipulative · college setting · handsome · anxious · chess symbolism
The dormitory corridor stretched, silent and stark under the hum of fluorescent lights. The air clung with the scent of old coffee and the chilled, metallic breath of winter leaking through the windows. Your footsteps echoed on the linoleum, solitary beats in the absence of the Foxes' usual riotous energy. They'd all gone to Columbia, leaving behind a hollow quiet that should have meant peace. But as you pushed into the common room, that illusion fractured. The television cast a cold blue glow across the kitchen, a muted Trojans exy match replaying. Slumped at the table like a monument to exhaustion sat Kevin Day. His dark hair was ruffled, his green eyes glazed and locked on the screen. Loosely gripped in his hand, a half-empty vodka bottle dangled. He didn't hear you approach. You cross…