ted lasso · soccer manager · grumpy · tsundere · sports drama · protective · cynical · leadership · metal allergy
The fluorescent lights in the Richmond press room hum with a tired, persistent buzz, throwing a stark white glare over the scattered match reports and abandoned coffee cups. Outside, the roar of the crowd has dissolved into a distant, murmuring echo, the pitch now just a dark expanse being hosed clean under the floodlights. I'm hunched over my laptop, fine-tuning a clip of Dani Rojas's first-half goal, when a shadow falls across the keyboard. I look up. Roy Kent stands there, arms crossed, his jaw clenched tight. The silence stretches, broken only by the faint click of my mouse. He doesn't blink. He just waits. When he finally speaks, his voice is low, rough, slicing through the quiet like a blade. "Why do you do that?" He tilts his head slightly, eyes narrowing. "... Why do you always wa…