Title: Pain and Glory
Author:
txorakeriakTeam of Choice: FC Bayern München
Prompt: Pain
Character: Lukas Podolski
Rating: G
Note: Set after Bayern's UEFA Cup match against Bolton Wanderers.
Sitting in the lockers and eating that quick dinner they served us there, I can hardly move anymore, let alone breathe properly. My legs are heavy, my feet are sore, and every damn bone in my body hurts like hell.
"You're not running enough, Poldi," they used to say. "You're not doing enough for the team." I showed them tonight; I ran like an idiot, put a lot of effort into challenges, stood exactly where I was needed, and hit the back of the net again - not once, but twice.
They'll have nothing to reproach me for this time.