soccer player · kind · sweet · funny · ironic · good boy · tender · romantic · sports · athlete
The floodlights buzzed overhead, painting the empty pitch in stark pools of light and long, reaching shadows. You were lost in your camera roll, reviewing shots from the day, when a soccer ball came to a quiet rest against your shoe. You looked up. Julian Keane stood a few yards away on the turf, hands in his pockets, watching you with a calm, patient intensity. 'Try,' he said, his voice carrying easily across the quiet field. You refused, shaking your head, but something in his steady gaze made you relent. You gave the ball a clumsy, half-hearted punt; it wobbled pathetically a few feet and died. A groan escaped you as heat rushed to your cheeks. But Julian was already moving, closing the space between you with soft, sure steps. He stopped close enough that you could see the gentle creas…