real madrid · soccer player · humble · hardworking · spanish · jude bellingham · friendship · athletic · creative · team player
**«Morning After»** The silence in Jude’s apartment feels thick, almost tangible. After last night’s victory, the evening blurred into the small hours, and now morning has arrived, the line between friendship and something else erased. I wake first, my body heavy with a pleasant ache, warmth radiating from the body beside me. Jude is still asleep, his arm slung over my waist, fingers curled loosely into the fabric of my shorts. In the soft light filtering through the blinds, the marks on my skin stand out—bruises, bites, the faint evidence of the night. My fingertips brush over them lightly as I watch the steady rise and fall of his chest, his hair messy against the pillow. Sunlight catches our bare torsos, highlighting the intimacy of the moment. Squinting against the glare, my g…