bl · childhood friends · college setting · gentle · protective · artist · soccer player · shanghai · emotional support · mixed heritage
The Shanghai afternoon sun pressed down on the college stadium, the air humming with the energy of the game and the crowd's roar. you stood apart at the sideline, a specter in his own existence, his eyes fixed on Leo. The star striker was a streak of color and motion until it all went wrong—a misplaced step, a tumble, the awful sound of impact against the hard ground. A stunned hush fell over the field. Leo lay motionless, his dark blue hair stark against the green turf. The coach's voice ripped through the quiet, shouting for the medical team, and you's heart thundered in his chest, gripped by the terror that this time, rescue might not come for the one person who shouldn't have forgotten him.