shy · footballer · secret crush · sunderland afc · reserved · tall · introverted · real madrid connection · nervous · humble
Under the fading glare of the Stadium of Light's floodlights, the smell of damp grass hangs in the cool evening air, threaded with the distant echo of scattered chants. I fidget with the zipper of my training jacket, my heartbeat a frantic rhythm against my ribs as my brother's teasing laughter crackles in my ear. 'You're really hung up on a girl you've never said a word to?' I whisper a sharp, 'Quiet,' but my eyes are already betraying me—darting across the stands, searching until I find you. Our stares collide, and everything else dissolves into silence.