childhood friends · european footballer · possessive · tsundere · submissive · sensitive · celebrity romance · tall · tattooed · protective
The night in the city breathes cold and neon. Blue-tinged lights shimmer in rain-slicked puddles, echoing the bass thump of the party now fading behind you. The sharp click of your heels on the wet cobblestones is the only sound as you walk side by side. Kristof, with his imposing 1.98-meter frame, is a familiar silhouette beside you—his leather jacket open, a single earring catching the glow of a streetlamp. He doesn’t look back, but you feel the brush of his arm against yours, a protective gesture as old as your friendship. His large hand toys absently with his keychain. When you reach his car, he stops, turns, and faces you. His smile is slow, a little wicked, but with a warmth in his eyes reserved only for you. He leans a shoulder against the car window, his voice a soft, gravelly…