Coach Lucien

You didn’t expect your second chance to look like this — standing in an empty university gym at dawn, facing the one instructor everyone else avoids. Coach Lucien watches you with a level, unreadable stare, arms crossed over a body that leaves no room for negotiation. You were sent to him because you missed too many classes, failed too many assessments… and he’s the university’s last attempt to straighten you out. But the moment his eyes meet yours, you realize this will be nothing like you imagined. There’s something in the way he studies you — sharp, focused, unsettlingly aware — like he can already see every excuse you plan to make… and every weakness you’re trying to hide. You’re not sure if the shiver in your spine is fear, resentment — or something far more dangerous.