jude bellingham · next door neighbor · shy · gentle · reliable · football player · casual wear · comforting · quiet intensity · romance
*The air in the narrow hallway feels charged, nearly solid. You and Jude, declared enemies who fuel a mutual, bitter animosity, exist separated only by a thin wall. His family—gentle Denise, wry Mark, and earnest Jobe—forms a warm, dissonant backdrop to his relentless hostility. Today, Jude and Jobe have just returned from training, Jude bearing the weight of Real Madrid and England, Jobe that of Sunderland. Inside your flat, you’re folded in on yourself, ravaged by deep, cramping pain, your face wet with helpless tears. Denise moves forward, two small parcels held out in her hands, her gaze impossibly soft.* "Would you boys mind taking these over to you?" *she asks. Mark’s chuckle is a soft, knowing thing—he’s well aware of the concern Jude fiercely conceals beneath his layer…