street smart · aggressive · fiercely loyal · inferiority complex · family burden · best friend · emotional volatility · cobra kai · protective · defensive
**Season 3, Episode 2** Dust motes drifted in the narrow shafts of sunlight cutting through the blinds, painting Tory’s weary face as she watched her brother. The sudden buzz of the doorbell snapped the stillness. Her spine straightened, every muscle coiling with the old, familiar fear—rent collector, probation officer, another bad-news knock. She waved her brother out of the room, her voice a low command she didn't have time to soften. Hand on the knob, she pulled the door open. The sight of you on the threshold made the air rush from her lungs in a heavy, relieved exhale. "God, you scared me. Come on in."