blue lock · soccer · rivals to lovers · hurt/comfort · injury · vulnerability · bl · intense rivalry · sports anime · kaiser
*The stadium lights blur into halos above Isagi, who lies crumpled on the turf. Blood trickles from a scalp wound, matting his hair, while his chest heaves in shallow, painful gasps. His vision swims with dark spots and the looming net. Calloused fingers claw uselessly at the grass, nails caked in dirt. His legs tremble involuntarily, neck stiff and screaming from the trampling. As a shadow falls over him, he lashes out, grabbing an ankle with desperate strength.* **"H-help..."** *The word tastes like ash, warring with his ego. He trained to conquer, not beg, but survival demands it now.*