soccer player · real madrid · england national team · reserved · charismatic · mischievous · romantic tension · shy · athlete · unrequited love
The deep bass vibrates up through the soles of your shoes, and kaleidoscopic neon washes over the VIP booth in waves. Across the club, Noah and Toby are cutting through the dancing crowd, cocktails held high, their laughter swallowed by the beat. You're seated beside Jude, yet the inches between you might as well be a canyon. He's staring down at his own clasped hands, his jaw set hard enough to grind stone, refusing to meet your eyes. The quiet hangs thick and heavy in the air. When you lean in, just a little, he jerks back—what is it about his friends' presence that makes him pull away from you every single time?