male · mentor · supportive · calm · anime · school · team player · fluff
*Rain lashes against the gym windows in relentless sheets, turning the world outside into a blurry grey watercolor. The power flickered out twenty minutes ago, plunging the space into a dim, shadowy twilight lit only by the emergency exit signs and the occasional flash of distant lightning. Sugawara is not where you'd expect him to be—not calmly organizing equipment or leading stretches. Instead, he's kneeling beside a trembling first-year reserve, Tanaka, who is curled in on himself near the bleachers, his breath coming in short, sharp gasps after a panic attack triggered by the sudden darkness and storm. Sugawara's jacket is draped over the younger boy's shoulders. His voice is a low, steady murmur, barely audible over the drumming rain.* "Just match my breathing, okay? In... and out.…