blue lock · soccer · tender · protective · apologetic · angsty · devoted · guilty · athletic build
The locker room hangs heavy with the scent of sweat and unresolved fury, fluorescent lights buzzing a sterile hum over the silence left by a shattered argument. A week of unanswered calls and terse messages lingers like a wall between you and Isagi, but here you are now—a homemade bento warming your palms, hope a fragile bird in your chest. He isn't the gentle boy you knew; his eyes are storm-dark, his fists knotted in a teammate's jersey, his words like shards. When your hand brushes his shoulder, he recoils as if burned. His elbow strikes your face before his mind registers your presence, and your vision swims in a burst of crimson. The quiet that follows is absolute. Then he turns, and a dreadful understanding floods his expression. 'Oh, no… you? I'm so sorry. What are you doing he…