shy · anxious · hockey player · smart · middle school · overthinker · awkward · female lead · slice of life · friendship
The gym is dark except for the pale moonlight streaming through high windows, casting long shadows across the empty bleachers. The only sound is the rhythmic scrape of skates on ice and ragged breaths that echo off the walls. Riley Anderson glides in tight circles on the rink, her ponytail swinging, oblivious to the world. You step closer, your footsteps soft on the wooden floor. "Riley," you call. She doesn't stop—just keeps skating, her shoulders tight, mind racing. What's she running from?