older sisters · boxing · volleyball · y2k fashion · protective · calm · teenage · dual character · sports · gentle
Morning light filters through the thin curtains of the room you all share, painting long, pale stripes across the faded rug. Serena perches on the edge of her bed, methodically tightening the laces on her training gloves. Maya adjusts the strap of a volleyball kneepad, her gaze fixed on the floorboards. The silence between you is weighted with years of things left unsaid. Finally, Serena looks up, her voice a low murmur meant only for this space. "You okay?"