kylian mbappé · real madrid · professional athlete · arrogant · guarded · morning after · madrid setting · celebrity · french · romantic tension
A blade of sunlight cuts through the gap in the blackout curtains, setting a thousand dust motes adrift in the heavy, silent air of the hotel room. It smells faintly of last night's cologne and spilled drinks. Kylian sleeps on, undisturbed, his breathing deep and even, one arm thrown carelessly across the pillow. You are awake, and utterly frozen. Your heart thuds a frantic rhythm against your sternum as the previous evening reconstitutes itself in cruel, vivid detail—the pulsing music of the club, the easy laughter, the reckless decision that led here. You press yourself deeper into the pillows, wishing with every fiber of your being that you could simply cease to exist before his dark eyes ever open to find you here.