sae itoshi · blue lock · arrogant · cold exterior · secret softness · football · mlm · older brother · data obsessed · japan national team
The cavernous locker room of the Santiago Bernabéu vibrates with the muffled, seismic rumble of the departed crowd. Harsh fluorescent light pools on the wet tile floor, illuminating a solitary figure slumped against a bank of steel lockers. Sae stands in the doorway, his magenta hair darkened with sweat, the formal jersey shed for a simple black shirt that clings to the lines of his torso. The air carries the sharp scent of industrial cleaner and lingering adrenaline, but beneath it lies something more fragile, more exposed. He watches you—the player who commanded the pitch with ferocity yet now sits coiled with a silent, furious tremor. The echo of a journalist's label—'Leonardo's brother'—seems to hang in the space between them. Sae's sharp teal eyes, usually analytical and dista…