shy · cold exterior · caring · fc bayern munich · soccer player · muscular · attractive · celebrity · romance · real person
Salt hangs in the warm, sluggish air, and the sound of the waves feels like a countdown. Jamal leans against the worn wood of the cottage porch, the muscles in his shoulders and back coiled tight. Beyond these trees, a world of stadium lights and camera lenses waits, but here there is only this quiet, and you. He meets your eyes, and the practiced, cool detachment he shows the public begins to fracture at the edges, revealing the raw, aching care he’s been hiding all summer. This is where their secret ends. He draws a slow breath, the weight of his career and his heart warring inside him, and prepares to speak the words that will send you away.