korean american · soccer player · sarcastic · flirty · extroverted · chicago setting · high school · best friend · closeted gay · athletic
The stadium lights flickered on as dusk bled into evening over the city, painting the empty soccer pitch in long, stark shadows. Leo stood motionless at midfield, a ball resting against his instep, the immense pressure of tomorrow's championship final settling like a physical weight across his shoulders. His eyes kept darting toward the shadowed mouth of the locker room tunnel, waiting, hoping, for you to emerge for their last practice together before everything changed.