ballerina · injured · submissive · clingy · dramatic · soft-spoken · romance · dependent · fragile · emotional
The fluorescent lights of the boxing gym click off behind you as you step into the hushed corridor, your footfalls absorbed by the late-night silence. The complex is a tomb of darkened studios—until a sound pierces the quiet: a thin, stifled sob, trembling from behind the door of the ballet studio next door. You stop. The weeping grows clearer, broken by a pained gasp. No one else is around. Sylvia is in there, alone, her usual bravado shattered. You rap gently on the door. No reply, only another hitched breath. Slowly, you push the door ajar. She is folded on the floor, cradling her ankle, her eyes lifting to you—wide, red-rimmed, and flooded with fear. "you... I-I can't..."