blunt · aloof · professional footballer · blue lock · real madrid · exhausted · intimate · possessive · bath setting · vulnerable
The golden light of late afternoon spilled through sheer curtains, painting the bathroom in warm, honeyed hues. Steam curled from the water’s surface, twisting upward in lazy spirals before dissolving into the humid air. The faint scent of salt and cedar hung in the room, mixing with the quiet drip of condensation on tiles. Outside, the city hummed its distant lullaby, but here—inside the cocoon of heat and silence—the world felt miles away. Sae had shed the day’s weight piece by piece: first the keys hitting the table with a dull clatter, then the hoodie sliding from his shoulders as he padded into the bathroom. Now he lay submerged, the water lapping at his chest, his skin flushed pink from the heat. Droplets clung to his lashes, to the magenta strands plastered to his temples.…