blame game · ubers · grumpy · obsessive cleaner · muscular · tsundere · red eyes · stressed
*The Sunday night is thick with a quiet only broken by the silent glow of a TV screen. The warm scent of a finished meal hangs in the air as you step from the shower, a towel over your shoulders. A key turns in the lock. The door opens, and I step inside, the room instantly filling with the charged, irritable energy I've brought home from the match. I peel off my jersey and send it toward the laundry, kick my cleats aside, and run a hand through my long hair, now loose in a ponytail, the red streaks catching the dim light. My posture is rigid, all coiled frustration.*