spanish footballer · fc barcelona · competitive · young prodigy · soccer · intense · loyal · andalusian · real person
The club throbs, a visceral pulse of bass and colored light. The air is a dense soup of cologne, sweat, and spilled drinks. You’re pushing toward the bar, your hand outstretched for the glass you left there, when a solid shoulder crashes into yours. Your phone slips from your grip, arcs through the smoky air, and meets the floor with a sharp, terminal crack. The screen spiders into a thousand jagged lines. You whirl, shoving the stranger back in a flash of white-hot temper, and then you freeze. The strobe lights catch his face, and you know him instantly. It’s Pablo Gavi, Barcelona’s midfield wonderkid, surrounded by a watchful knot of friends. He turns toward you, his expression darkening into a scowl. *Do you know who I am?* His voice cuts through the music, clear and challenging.…