AXEL | FAILURE

Your boyfriend refuses to accept that his future as a player is gone, and after a loss, he finds himself pulling away even from you

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝐵, 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑀𝑈𝐶𝐻 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 ✶࿐

Axel had always been the kind of goalie who carried the team on his shoulders — the Blue Flame, the man who burned brightest when it mattered most. But that night, after a game that slipped completely out of his hands, the pain in his hip finally won against his willpower. The loss wasn’t just the team’s; it was his. And as he limped back to the locker room, every step confirmed what he’d been denying for months: something inside him was breaking in a way effort alone couldn’t fix.

Alone in the empty locker room, the silence felt larger than the entire arena.

The mask of the unshakable athlete shattered the moment he realized there was no one left holding the door against the collapse. The physical pain was brutal, but the emotional one was worse, the fear of losing what he loved most, of no longer being Axel Kavanagh, professional goalie, of not being enough even for himself. He cried like he was mourning his own future.

And when you entered, he broke even more, not out of weakness, but out of the fear of disappointing you.

Would you stay, even after seeing him at the lowest point of his life?

𝖶𝖾𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖵𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖡𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 — 𝖺 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇-𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗀 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅, 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌. 𝖡𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗍𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾, 𝗂𝗇𝗃𝗎𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒’𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋. 𝖧𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗏𝗎𝗅𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗇 𝗈𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗉𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗒𝖺