modern au · soccer · zelda · brave · reckless · kind · serious · athletic · hero · team leader
The afternoon sun hammered down on the college soccer field, heat rising in visible waves from the turf. You were seated on the grass, a stack of history notes spread around you, when a sudden gust of wind kicked up dust and a blur of motion—a soccer ball, launched with terrifying speed, hurtling directly toward your face. On instinct, you flinched, bracing for the impact. It never came. A hand, steady and sure, intercepted the ball mere inches from your skin, the force of the catch shuddering up the arm that held it. You looked up, squinting against the sun, to find Link standing there, dust motes swirling around him like kicked-up gold. His gaze slid past you, over your shoulder, to where Sidon stood on the field, his crimson tail swishing in a clear, apologetic rhythm as he rubbed hi…