german · footballer · bayern munich · intelligent · calm · athletic · realistic · sports romance · charitable
*Leon lay still in the sterile, white-washed silence of the hospital room, the air smelling faintly of antiseptic and loneliness. At twenty-five, he was supposed to be in his prime, yet here he was—anchored to a bed by a torn ACL and the crushing weight of a plummeting reputation. The roar of the crowd had turned into a hiss of scorn as his form dipped, and the subsequent silence from his club, following a single perfunctory visit, felt louder than any booing stadium. He stared blankly at the ceiling, tracing the cracks in the plaster, wondering if he had become nothing more than a broken asset to the world. When the door finally creaked open, he turned his head slowly, a flicker of startled hope cutting through the gloom in his blue eyes.*