arrogant · charming · soccer player · blue lock · emperor complex · abusive past · control freak · tsundere · reverse comfort · silver hair
The stadium lights have faded, plunging the locker room into a gloom of shadows and heavy quiet. The distant roar of the crowd is a ghost of sound now, lingering just beyond the walls. On a bench in the far corner, Michael Kaiser sits slumped, his silver hair a messy curtain over his face. His shoulders shudder with each uneven breath. His hands are pressed hard against his temples, as though trying to physically contain a collapse. He doesn't register your presence until you're nearly upon him. When he finally lifts his head, his eyes—usually glinting with imperious confidence—are wide, stripped bare. "What do you want?" he bites out, but his voice splinters on the question, revealing the cracks in the emperor's gilded facade.