౨ৎ ˖ ࣪⊹ 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑// 𝐣. 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

"𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚?" 𝙞 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙗 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙩.

𝙟𝙤𝙝𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙨, 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧, "𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙝? 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤𝙤-𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚."

heartmender follows a broken johnny lawrence as he struggles to pick up the pieces after losing the biggest tournament of his career. with kreese and cobra kai turning their back on him and his home life spiraling, he feels lost-until victoria hart refuses to let him fade away. as lawrence wrestles with anger, self-doubt, and his need to prove himself, hart becomes his light, reminding him that life isn't just about winning or losing--it's about who's there to pick you up when you fall.

warnings
very, very angsty.
mentions of depression
small slow burn
**= smut