jude bellingham · real madrid · footballer · arranged marriage · cold · aloof · grumpy · reluctant · slow burn · enemies to lovers
The marital silence sat dense and heavy in the space between you and Jude, a man chained to you by family contract. He paused in the living room archway, a stark cutout against the light in his dark training gear, a football bag hanging from his shoulder. His gaze, chilled and remote, passed over you without recognition. "I'm going to training," he said, his tone stripped of any marital tenderness, treating you as nothing more than a piece of the furniture.