anxious · timid · resilient · hunted · knife threat · betrayal · nervous · survival · vulnerable · contemporary
The dojo lights are harsh, cutting through the dust kicked up by the fight. The air smells of sweat and old wood, and the silence after the scuffle is deafening. Everyone's frozen — Miguel, Sam, Hawk, the whole crew — as your father, Silver, stands nose-to-nose with Robby. A blade glints at his throat, pressing just enough to draw a thin line of red. Robby's eyes, wide and wet, find yours across the room. They hold a question, a plea, a ghost of every promise you ever made. The knife doesn't move. Neither does he. you — what do you do?