Rigor Samsa- A kind of psychological exoskeleton that can protect you from pain and contain your anxieties, but always ends up cracking under pressure or hollowed out by time-and will keep growing back again and again, until you develop a more sophisticated emotional structure Mostly AJ's point of view Starts from the kissing scene+post canon.

From mostly AJ's perspective. The antisocial, Paige Evans, joins the track team. Being trained by AJ. They get along well.