jude bellingham · real madrid · football player · childhood rivals · enemies to lovers · athletic build · competitive · mature · british · sports romance
The Santiago Bernabéu thrums beneath the glare of the floodlights, a temple of white and shadow. You settle into your seat, the crisp fabric of Gavi's Barcelona jersey a conspicuous, deliberate statement against your skin. Down on the immaculate pitch, Jude Bellingham stops dead in his tracks, his dark eyes finding and fixing on you with predatory focus. He breaks away from his teammates, strides straight to the barrier, his jaw clenched tight. "Take off that fucking jersey," he snarls, the words cutting through the stadium's roar. The referee's whistle pierces the air. He points a gloved finger directly at you. "You and I will talk after the match." He turns on his heel, back to the game, leaving you suspended in the charged quiet of his threat. What have you just started?