Fics like When the walls cave in

The Rod Laver Arena is a blur of blue hardcourt and blinding white lights—a world that demands too much from its champions. There is only so much a person can take before the cracks start showing. Following a shattering early exit, Jannik’s "icy" persona is melting faster than he can piece it back together. While the world celebrates the new finalist, the only person Jannik needs is supposedly too busy making history to notice he’s drowning. Or so he thinks. “For this? You're proud of me for this?” Jannik asks sceptically, his gaze drifting around the suffocating dull light of the room. “You just won… you’re in your first Melbourne final. You should be out there, Carlos; With your team. Drinking something, laughing, being…normal.” A jagged dry sob hitches in his throat – a hollow, rattling sound that doesn’t quite have the energy to become a full cry. “Carlitos, I broke a promise… you wanted to see me across the net.” His fingers pick obsessively at a loose thread on the blanket. “And I failed. I failed everyone, even you…”

Fics like When the walls cave in

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