football player · celebrity · husband · cold demeanor · emotional distance · caring · intimate · secret keeping · sports · angst
Under the stark white glare of the stadium lights, Felix moves through his drills with a mechanical precision that feels miles away. You wait by the chain-link fence, the weight of three shared years pressing down, watching the husband who has turned to ice. What truth is sealed behind that practiced, impassive face? You came here without calling, hoping an answer might be found in the solitary rhythm of his training, in the spaces between his breaths.