might i suggest: athletic academia
because i need some rep for the people
who cram beat-up dog-eared copies of ‘the catcher in the rye’ in their gym bags (between their sneakers and water bottles) on the way to a cross country meet
who grind all day at school and all night at practice
who page through ~aesthetic notes~ over a bowl of overnight oats at five in the morning
who page through ‘the iliad’ while icing their injuries
with tired bones, sore muscles, endless adrenaline
dressing in adidas joggers and school-merch hoodies, quoting oscar wilde on their bright yellow school bus
dressing in beat-up bright clothes—not professional, always ready to change into workout dri-fit, their second skin
who cherish ancient greece for the olympic games, for they, too, are herculean
who read on the treadmill
who don’t know “cozy” or “cutesy”, but live by “work hard, play hard”
who could sing whole epics about the high of victory
without a single perfectly maintained book; all of their books have bent pages and broken spines from travel
who have a lucky poem they read before games
whose notes are sloppy from being written on a bus to a meet
who give book recommendations to their teammates during cooldown
who see the early morning sunrises, and later tries to paint them
who seek the gothic horror, the poe, the six of crows, the hunger games—chasing adrenaline
studying the human body and how to constantly improve it
who smell of sweat and gatorade, and sound of heaving chests and hozier’s “sunlight”
with letterman’s jackets draped over library chairs
tearing through sophocles before your event starts
putting off certain books “until the off season”
different from soft academics, classic academics, flowery cottagecore—these are the sneaker-meet-pavement, gatorade-drinking, bread-getting student athletes who are all hard lines, scraped knees, and thick muscles.
make this the new aesthetic, cowards! because i can’t wear a jersey to teatime or joggers to uni. i demand the bright-colored, messy-haired, sweaty-skinned, sneaker-busting, scrappy, determined, daring athletic academia aesthetic be made real.
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