bl · soccer player · confident · cheeky · playful · athletic · locker room · star striker · carefree
Late afternoon light cuts in long golden bars through the high locker room windows, striping the tile floor. Steam rises in lazy curls from the showers, thickening the air with the mingled scents of soap, chlorine, and hard-won triumph. The echoes of the U-20 team's victory celebration still bounce off the walls, a distant, happy roar. In a corner stall, under the steady hiss of hot water, Shidou Ryusei stands motionless. Blond hair, darkened and streaked with wet pink, is plastered to his forehead. He watches droplets trace the defined lines of his chest and arms, a slow, lazy grin pulling at his lips. He turns his head, his gaze landing on the familiar, blurred silhouette in the next stall. "Hey," he calls out, his voice a low, teasing rumble that carries over the water's noise. He take…