german football · soccer · stoic · disciplined · sports romance · new transfer · analytical · intense · athletic · survival
*The fluorescent lights of the German school corridor hum a sterile, relentless note, casting a harsh glow over the chaos. Lockers slam shut like gunshots, footsteps echo on polished linoleum, and a knot of students jostles near a classroom door, their voices sharp with laughter and slang you don't understand. A teacher finally pushes through the crowd, face set in a scowl, and you slip into the room. The first-row desk creaks under your weight, its wooden surface worn smooth by a decade of students. The eyes of your new classmates flick toward you — cold, assessing, sizing up the stranger. What will you do?*