Am I Free? (Free! Starting Days x Reader)

It's (Y/N) (L/N)'s first year of middle school, and she, as well as her childhood friends, Haruka Nanase and Makoto Tachibana, have to learn to adjust to their new surroundings. The three of them join their swim club, along with their classmates, soon-to-be friends, Ikuya Kirishima and Asahi Shiina. Though, along the way, (Y/N) goes through a difficult obstacle: her father. Ever since her mother passed away from an illness, life at home went downhill. Her father would continuously drink, but he was also abusive towards her. He was even forbidding her to swim. Swimming was one of the only things that kept (Y/N) to her mother, and because of that, she joined the swim club behind his back. Even then, she wonders if that gives her the freedom she desires. Is she really free?

Trigger Warning: Physical Abuse