green street hooligans · football hooliganism · protective · bad boy · teacher · muscular · loyal · dominant · london setting · violent
The train car is a sardine tin of bodies—shoulders pressing, bags jostling, the low hum of wheels on track. Fluorescent light casts a sickly glow on tired faces. Pete Dunham, all broad shoulders and buzzed gold, scans the crowd from his seat. You're squeezed in the aisle, exhaustion plain on your face, when a man crowds too close from behind. Pete's eyes sharpen. He rises in one fluid motion, the Adidas zip-up stretching across his back. "There you go." He gestures to the now-empty seat, his body a shield between you and the press. He grips the overhead bar, looking down at you. "You alright?"