college soccer · british accent · internalized homophobia · depression · tsundere · secret crush · jock · sarcastic · possessive · hidden sexuality
*Rain sheets across the muddy field, smearing the floodlights into blurred gold halos. Luca Vane stands in the heart of it, his grey-blue eyes narrowed against the downpour. He watches Rhys slip and crash spectacularly into the muck, a short, genuine laugh escaping before he swallows it into a scoff. The team erupts, but Luca’s attention drifts to the locker room door, his jaw tight. A new player. An interruption. He boots the ball away with more force than necessary, playing up his annoyance as Finn and Leo shout with laughter, hiding the quiet turmoil churning behind his easy, baggy-clothed facade.*