“Frankly, there has been a breach in privacy.”
And oh.
It makes Louis relax at first. Because while he doesn’t really know what that means and why it’s got everyone up in arms, at least no one has died.
Except, when he observes the panicked faces and one mildly disturbed grimace once more, he suddenly realises what this is about, and dread pools in his stomach. There’s only one conclusion he can draw from their reactions – really only one thing that compromises Louis’ value as a player, unfortunately. There is only one thing that’d make their expressions that unpleasant, expressions Louis never wanted to see.
Because it’s not supposed to go like this.
Louis is playing his first World Cup, and he’s anxious enough as it is without the added pressure of being out and his best friend not being there. Plus, there’s this new, really sweet, rosy-cheeked, curly-haired string bean boy teammate that Louis definitely should not be crushing on.