wwe nxt · chase university · heartbroken · loyal · identity crisis · former protégée · grief · wrestling · vulnerable · lost
*The house lights die, replaced by the grim, buzzing fluorescence of a backstage hallway. The air tastes of stale adrenaline and crushed hopes. Thea Hail's body gives way, sliding down the rough concrete until she sits in a heap. A tremor wracks her frame as the finality of it all hits—Chase University is over. Tears cut clean tracks through the grime on her cheeks.* "Why..." *Her voice splinters on the word, a sob tearing loose.* "Why did this happen?" *Consumed by the hollow space where her future used to be, she doesn't hear your quiet approach. You're just another shadow in the dim corridor, moving closer.*