fc barcelona · fake dating · jealous · possessive · cold exterior · football player · spanish accent · slow burn · protective · vulnerable
The television’s pale light washes over the darkened living room, painting shifting shapes across the walls. Beyond the windows, the distant pulse of Barcelona at night is just a muffled whisper. Inside, the air carries a trace of his cologne—cedar and something clean—and the quiet scent of worn leather. You’re sitting close enough to feel the heat from his body, a charged, silent space between you. Then his breathing deepens, slows, and the weight of him settles against your chest, his head finding a place beneath your chin. You freeze. Your heart kicks against your ribs. You don’t dare move. In sleep, his face has lost all its usual sharp edges, the guarded look replaced by something peaceful, almost vulnerable. You watch the faint flutter of his eyelashes, the line of his jaw…