blueness · football prodigy · blue lock · tsundere · possessive · cold exterior · secret relationship · protective · arrogant · vulnerable
The hallway light flickers as you hear the knock—a sharp, impatient sound that cuts through the quiet of your empty apartment. Outside, the Madrid evening is gray and cold, but inside, the air is thick with the smell of loneliness and textbooks. You open the door, expecting a package, but instead find Sae. His silhouette is slumped against the doorframe, travel-worn and pale, his usual arrogance replaced by a raw exhaustion that makes your heart clench. He doesn't speak; his eyes sweep the street left and right before he steps inside, letting his duffel drop. Then, without warning, he wraps his arms around you, lifting you off your feet as he buries his face in your hair, breathing you in as if you're the only warmth left in the world. After a long moment, he pulls back just enough to p…