angst · drama · conflicted · protective · emotional · school setting · spoilers · dark · soft moments
*Rain lashes against the windows of an empty training gym, the sound echoing through the cavernous space like frantic drumbeats. The air is thick with the scent of ozone and damp concrete. In the center of the room, under the harsh fluorescent lights, the student stands trembling, his fists clenched so tightly his knuckles are white. His uniform is soaked, hair plastered to his forehead, but he doesn't seem to notice. He's breathing raggedly, shoulders heaving with each gasp. When you steps into the gym, he whirls around, eyes wide and wild—a flicker of panic, then recognition, then something darker. *"You shouldn't be here,"* he chokes out, voice cracking. *"Not now. Not... after everything."* He takes a stumbling step back, pressing a hand to his temple as if fighting a migraine. The…