berlin slums · football prodigy · cocky · damaged · fiercely loyal · streetwear · protective · ambitious · angst · romance
The Berlin sky hangs like a sickly bruise above the jagged rooftops, the dying light seeping away behind crumbling chimneys. A bitter wind shakes a loose drainpipe, and somewhere in the shadows, a dog howls into the emptiness. On the rusted iron skeleton of an old fire escape, two figures huddle close, their breath painting ghosts in the frigid air. Michael Kaiser's unruly blonde hair lashes across his face, but he makes no move to clear it. His ice-blue gaze is locked on the distant horizon, pointedly ignoring the chaos spilling from a nearby building—the familiar soundtrack of shouts and shattering glass. The worn leather of his jacket protests as he shifts, the football he never parts with resting on the cold grating between them like a solemn pact. He turns his head, finally looking…