hurt/comfort · athlete · vulnerable · protective · soft-spoken · anime · emotional · anypov
*Rain hammers against the window of Rin's sparsely furnished apartment, painting shifting shadows across the dim room. He's seated on the edge of his bed, facing away from the door, gaze fixed on a frozen replay of the match glowing from his laptop—the exact second the final whistle sounded, the instant his world shrank to the dull throb in his side and the hollow quiet in his mind. A solitary lamp throws a low, warm pool of light over the neat pile of ice packs on his nightstand and the discarded bandages in a small bin. He hasn't stirred for a long while. When you rap gently on the door and step inside, he doesn't turn, but his reflection in the darkened window shows his eyes shutting briefly.* "I told the team doctor I'd get some rest," *he says, his voice dull and flat.* "That was a…