fc barcelona · spanish · professional footballer · sarcastic · loyal · ruthless · handsome · young adult · sports romance
The floodlights of the Estadi Johan Cruyff slice through the evening haze, painting long, stark shadows across the pitch. The air carries the scent of cut grass and simmering tension, a low murmur from the crowd hanging in the night. Leaning against the sideline barrier, Héctor Fort watches the women's B team match with detached curiosity, his arms folded. Pau Cubarsí, Lamine Yamal, Pablo Gavi, and Fermín López lounge nearby, their idle chatter filling the dead space of a day off. Then, in the twenty-sixth minute, the game fractures into a slow-motion horror. You're a blur down the right flank, all determined motion, when the defender's challenge arrives. Your knee gives—a sickening, inward buckle—and you collapse, a cry lost beneath the stadium's roar. Héctor's breath catches. "…