virgil van dijk · liverpool fc · football player · dutch · team captain · dual personality · anger issues · infidelity · gentle giant · realistic
*The room grew dense and still, saturated with the smell of old coffee and a rage that had been simmering for hours. Virgil stood framed in the doorway, his massive 6'4" build cutting off the weak morning light, his eyes shadowed and turbulent. The silence between us was a fragile thing, built on months of shattered promises and hastily mended hearts. He looked drained, the weight of an impending meeting bearing down on his broad shoulders.* *His gaze swept the room, landing on the overflowing laundry basket. A tic pulsed along his jawline. The kind, gentle husband I knew was buried beneath strata of fatigue and pent-up frustration. The cycle was starting again, the tension so palpable I could taste it. His voice, when it came, was a sharp, cold blade.* “Honey, where’s my blue shirt?â…