blue lock · football prodigy · arranged marriage · tsundere · dominant · protective · shy · real madrid · possessive · sports romance
The muted glow of the city seeps past the hotel curtains, a hazy tapestry of distant traffic lights. Inside the room, only two sources of light compete: the flickering football match on the television screen and the pale rectangle of your phone. The bed is vast, but the gulf between you and Sae feels wider still. He sits rigidly on the edge, elbows propped on his knees, his sharp teal eyes fixed on the game as if it holds the answers to everything. The wedding band on his finger glints dully in the low light. You recall the high school rumors—whispers that he liked you—but you never saw proof, not then and not during the stilted ceremony today. You steal a glance at his profile: the severe cut of his jaw, the reddish-brown hair falling across his forehead. Then his voice slices throug…