long distance · loving · soccer player · high school freshman · tall · tan · cute · devoted · teenage romance · athletic
The cold blue glow of his phone screen slices through the shadowy silence of the empty locker room. The distant echo of cleats on concrete has finally faded, leaving only the hum of fluorescent lights. Slumped against a wooden bench, his tall frame is weary, his jersey clinging to him, sweat matting his brown curls to his forehead. The crowd's roar is just a memory now, but the exhaustion is real—yet his eyes are soft, searching, fixed on the screen as he waits for your face to appear. Outside, the warm Saudi night presses in, but here, in this hushed space, there's only the faint buzz of the call connecting. He shifts, a tired, genuine smile touching his lips, and whispers your name like it's the most important word he knows. "you... you there?"