Tayvis( Taylor swift and Travis Kelce)

The Fountain is empty

July 2023

Travis's POV: 

The bright blue summer sky is above me, as I lay on the grass of what has become my second home, Arrowhead Stadium. There is just something about the smell of fresh cut grass and the paint on a football field in the middle of summer that just puts you in a good mood. The team had just finished a voluntary practice and the rest of the guys have all filtered into the locker room, but I needed some time to clear my head and I do my best work on a field. 

I am heading into my 11th season with the Kansas City Chiefs with two super bowl rings under my belt and am considered one of the best tight ends in the league. An outsider looking in would think coming off of a super bowl win, I would be the happiest I have ever been in my life, but in reality a big part of me is miserable. Sure, I love my team, I love my friends, I love my family, and I am blessed with the best job in the world. But as I look around and see my teammates who are younger than me getting married and begin to have kids, I wonder when will it be my turn. 

Last year, I broke up with my on again off again girlfriend, Kayla, after 5 years because I realized there was no future there. I want to settle down and have a family, and she was still very much in her partying era and had no desire to slow down yet. Since we ended things, I haven't really dating anyone else and with my career it's never an easy task to find someone who understands the demands of the industry. 

This whole self reflection started back at the beginning of July when my best friend, and quarterback, Pat called me out for my celebrity crush on Taylor Swift. Pat and his wife Brit and I were going to the Eras Tour when she was in KC and I had jokingly mentioned how I made her a bracelet with my number on it. I had some leftover beads from when I made friendship bracelets at TEU and I thought it would be funny, I never really thought I would have a chance to give it to her. The night of the show came and I was rejected by her security team to get to meet her so I had just slipped the bracelet on my wrist, but of course Pat clocked the phone number the second I had made it back in the suite. Ever since the show Pat keeps making comments during practice how I don't notice girls anymore because I am obsessed with Taylor Swift or will turn on her music during warm ups just to see my blush. Have a best friend they said, it would be fun they said. 

Now, as I lay on the grass staring up at the sky, I am realizing that the reason the nagging has been bugging me is because all I want is to have what Pat or my brother has. A wife and kids, or at least someone I can come home to. 

"Kelce? You good kid?" I hear from across the field. I sit up from the 50 yard line and see my Coach walking over to me with a clipboard in his hand. 

Coach Andy Reid, future hall of fame coach right there. He drafted my brother when he was with the Eagles and then 2 years later took a chance and drafted me here to the Chiefs. Coach always takes pride in being our biggest supporter on and off the field, sometimes that's being a swift kick in the ass and sometimes its being a therapist. 

"Yeah, just thinking." I say lifting a hand to shield my eyes from the sun as Andy approaches me.

"What's on your mind son? You've been laying out here for the last hour after practice, Pat looks worried." He says standing in front of me with his hands on his hips, effectively blocking the sun from my eyes. 

"I don't know... You ever feel like there is something missing?" 

"Like with the team or personally?"

"The teams great Coach, I mean personally. I don't know I just am feeling empty here recently." I admit quietly. 

"What's going on in that head of yours Trav?" He asks running an hand over his mustache looking down at me concerned.