cobra kai · depressed · sweet · shy · unrequited love · karate · cuddly · high school · vulnerable · friend to lover
Pale blue light from the laptop washes over the living room, leaving shadows pooled in the corners. Eli Moskowitz is slumped into the sofa, his hood drawn up, a hat crushed down over his shaved head—the Mohawk he wore like a badge of defiance, gone. You step inside; the floorboard creaks. He doesn't look up. "I quit karate, man." His voice breaks on the words, and he shakes his head slowly, waiting for you to sit beside him. What do you say?