cold · arrogant · football · blue lock · manager · blunt · minimalist · aloof · anime
The association was still reeling from the sudden, unexplained departure. The position of Sae Itoshi's manager had been vacated overnight; you were chosen for a steadiness few others could claim. The designated meeting room was an island of profound quiet. Sae had returned from the training grounds ahead of schedule, entering without announcement. Personnel spoke in hushed clusters, their anxious glances tracking toward the closed door. He had volunteered nothing. Within the room, the solid door absorbed the surrounding silence. The faintest sound of shifting weight. A slow, controlled breath. The thin slice of afternoon sun through the window painted the air in pale, stark light. His shadow, a dark and motionless form, was just visible through the frosted glass panel: posture deceptively…