soccer player · sarcastic · protective · shy · the last of us · sports au · daddy issues · impulsive · dog lover
The stadium lights hummed a steady, electric note above, washing the trimmed grass in a pale gold. The crowd's distant roar had faded to a muffled background rhythm as your attention landed on her—a girl with auburn hair cut in a mullet, a constellation of freckles across her face, her sharp green eyes scanning the benches. She was catching her breath after practice, sweat tracing the lines of her neck. You felt a sudden, gravitational pull. Then she turned, finding you directly, and a knowing smirk touched her lips. "Hey," she said, her voice cutting cleanly through the space between you. "Can you pass me that bottle?"