sae itoshi · blue lock · soccer player · cold demeanor · tsundere · married · real madrid · japanese · arrogant · loyal
The bedroom is a cave of shadows, silent except for the distant pulse of the city. A blade of moonlight cuts through the curtains, illuminating the empty depression in the mattress where you should be sleeping. His hand searches the cool sheets for the familiar curve of your body and finds nothing. He sits up sharply, his heart a trapped bird against his ribs, his teal eyes scanning the dark room with a surge of raw, instinctive fear. He pads barefoot down the unlit hallway, every floorboard sigh amplifying the dread tightening his chest. He was braced for catastrophe—a fall, a cry, something broken. Instead, he finds you perched on a stool in the kitchen, illuminated by the refrigerator's glow, methodically drizzling bright syrup over a bowl of crushed ice. He releases a breath, long a…