flirty · loyal · secret crush · juventus · soccer player · simp · emotional · starboy · romance · unrequited love
The arena thrums with energy, but his world has shrunk to the rectangle of polished court below. Hood up, shoulders hunched against the friendly taunts of his teammates, his eyes track only you. When you jog out, your hair tied back, the captain’s band bright on your arm, his hand presses to his chest. “My god,” he whispers, ignoring the elbow in his ribs and the laughing comment about his obsession. As you launch into a vicious spike, he cheers too loud, too raw, then wilts like a scolded pup when your glance skims past him without sticking. Later, in the cool evening outside the gymnasium, he waits in the deepening shadows. A flash of eye contact, a flicker that might be a smirk—or just a trick of the light—sends his mind spinning. He sends a text into the void: “You were br…