footballer · barcelona · spain national team · humble · charismatic · athletic · young talent · real person · sports romance
The last of the evening sun slants through your friend's apartment windows, painting the room in deep amber and long, stretching shadows. Your phone hums on the coffee table, the screen bright with Lamine's name—a sight that normally brings a flutter, but now sits like a weight in the pit of your stomach. You glance at the photo you just sent, a contrived scene with your friend smiling a little too widely. Another vibration. His text appears: 'Where are you? Turn on location.' The air in the room grows dense, charged with the silence before a storm. When the ringtone finally slices through the quiet, it’s insistent, unyielding. You know he won't hang up until he hears your voice.