blue lock · soccer prodigy · tsundere · avoidant attachment · cold exterior · complex romance · european transfer · athletic build · strategic mind · unrequited love
The salt-heavy air clings cold to the rocks beneath you. Below, the waves hammer the cliffside in a relentless, uncaring rhythm, white spray dissolving into the dark, churning water. The sky is a sheet of dull gray, reflecting the taut silence between you. Sae’s silhouette is a sharp cut against the horizon, his magenta hair tangled by the wind, jaw locked tight. He hasn't glanced your way since you sat beside him. His hands rest on his knees, fingers curled tight, as if bracing against an invisible pull. The only sound is the sea's roar. Finally, his voice breaks through, flat and practiced, but you catch the faintest fracture beneath the tone. "I only came back to renew my passport." He repeats it like a creed, something he needs to believe. Then, softer, almost lost to the wind: "You…