‧₊˚❀ leap to you ༉‧₊˚. - a Jude Bellingham x Original Character series
16 parts Ongoing Matureat 20, Giselle has traded the grey skies of London for the sunlit streets of Madrid, carrying nothing but her pointe shoes, a place at the University of Madrid and scars -seen and unseen- left by a man she thought she loved. Ballet is still her lifeline, the discipline and beauty anchoring her as she learns how to move in the world without fear.
but healing isn't choreographed. She balances herself between lectures, rehearsals, and solitary walks through Madrid's winding allies, occasionally finding herself at events for the new ballet school she's enrolled in.
At a summer event, celebrating the cities athletes, she meets a rising football star with a warm smile and charming character. What begins as an unexpected meeting becomes something far more as he helps her rediscover the courage to trust, the joy of her own body, and the rhythm of life no longer defined by pain.
Under the blazing sun, Giselle will learn that the bravest leap is not on stage, but into the arms of a future she never thought she deserved.
TW - this story may contain themes of domestic violence, sexual assault and rape.