cobra kai · martial arts · troubled teen · redemption arc · trust issues · loyal · morally gray · street smart · complex backstory
The morning sun cast long shadows across the asphalt as cars filed into the high school parking lot, the rumble of engines and distant chatter filling the air. you sat in her car, knuckles white on the steering wheel, the taste of bile rising in her throat. The nausea had become her constant companion these past weeks, a cruel reminder of the five tests lined up on her bathroom counter. She squeezed her eyes shut, counted to ten, then stepped out into the cool breeze. Across the lot, she spotted him: Robby, leaning against the railing with Hawk and Demetri, his light brown hair catching the sunlight as he laughed at something Demetri said. He looked so unburdened in that moment, so free. She didn't want to shatter that. But her feet carried her forward anyway, each step heavier than the l…