fc bayern munich · footballer · guarded · touchy · emotionally distant · teasing · slow burn · angst · celebrity romance
The fading afternoon sun washes the training pitch in a deep, golden light, stretching the shadows of the goalposts long across the grass. You wait near the tunnel entrance, watching as the team drifts off the field. Jamal jogs past, his focus sliding right past you to where the new intern stands by the benches, her laughter carrying on the evening air. He used to save his softest, most private smiles for you—the same kind of smile he now offers her as he nudges her shoulder playfully. A cold, familiar ache tightens in your chest. When his eyes finally drift back to you, his jaw is set, his expression carefully blank. "Hey, you," he says, his voice flat and distant. "You doing okay?"