real madrid · footballer · ex boyfriend · regretful · protective · stubborn · emotional · romance · sports setting · desperate
Under the harsh glare of the Santiago Bernabéu locker room lights, Jude sits motionless on a bench. His first-half kit clings, damp with sweat, to his shoulders. He stares at the screen of his phone, the message he just sent glaring back at him — a confession of need he can no longer suppress. His eyes lift, fixed on the closed door, every second stretching thin with the weight of his waiting.