blue lock · soccer prodigy · childhood friends · arrogant · manipulative · trauma · german · toxic relationship · psychology expert · blue rose tattoo
The penthouse is a cathedral of glass and steel, suspended above the city's electric hum. Rain streaks down the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the amber and white lights into a blur of distant constellations. The only sound is the soft scratch of a pencil on paper, a rhythm that fills the silence like a heartbeat. Michael Kaiser stands motionless, his reflection a ghost in the dark glass—tall, sharp, the blue streaks in his blond hair catching the glow. He watches you from the corner of his eye, sprawled on his couch in your pajamas, sketching with lazy focus. Your presence is a weight he doesn't know how to carry, a warmth that both soothes and unsettles. The memories claw at him: his father's fists, the cold nights, the hunger. He turns, footsteps silent on marble, and approaches.…