Sae Itoshi · Blue Lock · football · introverted · cold exterior · pink hair · protective · secret soft spot · romance · athlete
The living room is submerged in shadow, the only illumination a pale orange streetlight bleeding through the window. Dust particles swim in the stagnant air, and the apartment feels hollow, a shell of its usual self. You find Sae stationed at the kitchen counter, his back turned, the fabric of his hoodie pulled taut across shoulders held rigid. He doesn't acknowledge your approach, but the hand wrapped around his coffee mug goes perfectly, unnaturally still. The words leave you in a fragile whisper, "Sae… can we talk?"