Novel & Cerita After We Fell Gym Scene

ATHENA'S POV: I am in the gym at Ashcroft Manor as I gave myself an off day, punching a bag that has Kier Thornwell's face taped to it, and I am not sure if this counts as therapy or violence or some strange combination of both, but it feels good and that is all that matters right now.

ME GETTING 🍆 WHILE U HAVE NONE! Darren: 💩 Me: POOR DARREN. THE STRUGGLE IS REAL 😅. HOW ABOUT THAT OTHER GUY FROM THE GYM? HE WAS TOTALLY CHECKING U OUT! 💪👀 Darren: UGH, HE’S STRAIGHT. THE WHOLE GYM THING IS A MESS ANYWAY. U KNOW HOW IT IS—EVERYONE PRETENDING THEY’RE NOT INTERESTED 🥱 Me: LAMEEE. GUESS U HAVE TO WORK ON UR CHARM. YOU’VE GOT THIS! I BELIEVE IN U ✊❤️

Stop catastrophizing. Alex tried to read a document. Failed. Checked the clock. 2:47 PM. Only forty-seven minutes had passed. She checked her phone again. Nothing. No calls. No texts. No emergencies. 3:58 PM finally arrived. Alex grabbed her keys. Jessica opened the door laughing. “They discovered washable markers!” Behind her Catherine and Maya were covered in bright blue and purple scribbles. Catherine pointed proudly at the blanket fort in the corner. “Mama look! FORT!”

Ivy sipped her tea and glanced at the meadow, where five new couples were tangled in laughter and some light bickering during a blindfold painting exercise. "Well, no one’s thrown a paintbrush or cried over a trust fall yet. So I’d say... successful day one." Lake chuckled, brushing a kiss to her temple. "Should we warn them this retreat might end with public makeouts and viral videos?" She nudged him. "Only if they ask."

I roll for what feels like a year, tumbling down into a little valley that seems to have appeared out of nowhere. For a second, I honestly think I might’ve died, I’m that overstimulated. The rain’s coming down so hard, it’s basically waterboarding me. The fall was way more dramatic and embarrassing than I will ever admit to another human being, and somewhere along the way my gym shorts ripped. Not a small rip either. The back is basically gone, leaving my ass completely exposed to the elements.

They didn’t say anything. They didn’t need to. They had fallen. They had broken. They had rebuilt. And now—they were still falling.

I always thought she just wanted as far away from me as she could get. It was Thursday and I’d survived another day of blue balls. Me and the crew headed to the gym for a workout. Our school didn’t have sports unless you counted fighting. We practiced bare-knuckle carnage, not boxing, but today was about weights and muscle. We cranked the music up and made the freshmen get lost over the next two hours. When we entered the gym, they would learn it was ours when we wanted it. We’d ease up as the year went on but for now, we had to establish who was in charge.

“Fuck… my perfect brothers.” They all collapsed together on and around the bench, their hands lazily stroking their softening cocks as the intense high slowly faded. The gym was quiet except for their heavy breathing, bodies glistening with sweat and cum, the long night finally coming to an end..

“Okay, but give me something to work with here.” I shook my head, exhausted already, as we parked outside the gym. The scent of rubber mats and metal hit immediately when we stepped inside. Music thumped through the speakers overhead while weights clanged rhythmically somewhere farther back. Conversations overlapped with the whirring hum of treadmills and the occasional sharp whistle from trainers. “Bro, this is painful to watch,” Tyler muttered. “You’re acting like you’re heading into war.” “This is my actual life, Tyler. Not one of your theatre rehearsals.”

— Somehow, against all odds, we actually got moving. Nate and I grabbed our coffees—yes, hot, because all the gym had to offer in that area was the sad coffee pot in the break room that looked like it had seen better years. The boys immediately headed to the pull up bar as a form of warming up while Autumn and I decided to do some dead hangs and stretch. About five minutes in, Taydyn walked past us, eyeing our cups like we’d personally offended him. “You two are nuts.” I blinked. “Excuse me?”