Another drabble!
She watched him from the stands, just another nameless spectator in a sea of faces. She'd arrived late, too late to get a seat in the area reserved for competitors' friends and family. Too late, even, to find him and wish him luck before he went to face one of the biggest challenges of his career.
So instead she sat quietly, there for him in spirit if not in body and waited for the roars of applause when the battlers emerged.
What she didn't expect was to see him scan the crowd, and his grin when he finally spotted her.