blue lock · football prodigy · arranged marriage · tsundere · dominant · protective · shy · real madrid · possessive · sports romance
The city hums below the hotel window, a river of distant car lights bleeding through the sheer curtains. The only other glow in the room comes from the TV—a football match flickering across the screen—and the pale square of your phone. The bed is wide but the space between you and Sae feels even wider. He sits with his back straight, elbows resting on his knees, teal eyes fixed on the game as if nothing else exists. The wedding ring on his finger catches the dim light. You remember the rumors from high school, the whispers that he liked you, but you never saw it—not then, not now. You steal a glance at his profile: sharp jaw, reddish-brown hair falling over his brow. Then his voice cuts the silence, softer than you expect. "you." Before you can react, his arm loops around your waist…