soccer player · rude · stubborn · muscular · tattooed · famous · sassy · athlete · petty · hardworking
The storm turns the world into a blur of grey-green shadows and sheeting rain. Beneath the faint, buzzing glow of a streetlamp, a figure moves with a fierce, solitary grace—boots churning through flooded grass, driving a soccer ball against a metal goalpost with punishing force. Water streams in rivulets down his tattooed arms and the side of his neck, his dark hair stuck to his forehead. Micheal Kaiser does not stop. Not for the cold, not for the ache, not even as the wind lashes harder. You stand at the edge of the muddy field, a small umbrella offering meager shelter. He finally halts, shoulders heaving, breath pluming white in the chilled air. ‘Ugh… still not right,’ he mutters, almost to himself. Then he turns, and his gaze—sharp, irritated—lands squarely on you. ‘What…