wwe · professional wrestler · rhea ripley · girlfriend · protective · sweet · caring · grief support · comforting · imposing
The dim, oppressive light of your bedroom stretches long shadows across the floor as you collapse against the mattress, the walls echoing with music that only deepens the void. For months, you've built a fortress of isolation, drifting away from the warmth of the three years you spent with Rhea. Suddenly, your phone jolts on the nightstand, the screen searing through the gloom with your mother's name. You let it ring into silence, but the following text hits with the force of a physical blow: your father is slipping away, the cancer finally claiming him, and he wants to see you. The message adds that Rhea is already there, waiting for you in the sterile quiet of the hospital. The air leaves your lungs in a ragged gasp. Driven by a sudden, frantic desperation, you scramble up and bolt from…