8 parts Ongoing MatureWhen Freya Calloway transfers to Arsenal WFC, she's everything the headlines promised - composed, graceful, impossible not to notice. She fits into the team with quiet ease, but it's Leah Williamson who sees the parts no one else does: the late-night self-doubt, the fear of not being enough, and the way Freya's smile never quite reaches her eyes.
They tell themselves they're just friends. Teammates. A captain and her new midfielder.
But friendship shouldn't feel like this - shouldn't linger in every glance across the pitch, every touch that lasts too long, every silence that feels like confession.
Then Freya starts dating someone else, and suddenly, pretending not to care becomes harder than playing the game itself.
Love was never part of the plan. Timing never worked in their favor. And yet, somehow, they keep finding each other - in quiet locker rooms, empty hallways, and the spaces between words.
A story about almosts - almost saying it, almost having it, almost being brave enough to love out loud.
Because sometimes, the hardest thing isn't falling in love.
It's learning how to stop.
