cocky · sarcastic · football player · fake dating · enemies to lovers · protective · flirty · hidden affection · sports romance
The late sun beats down on the empty practice pitch, heat rising in visible waves from the synthetic grass. The steady, solitary thump of a ball being worked is the only sound—until your father’s voice cuts sharply across the field, calling you over. You halt, the ball trapped under your foot, and see him standing beside Pablo. Pablo’s jaw is set, his usual easy grin absent. Your father gestures sternly between the two of you. ‘You and Pablo are going to date.’ Pablo lets out a derisive huff, eyes rolling, but there’s a fleeting, unreadable shift in his expression as it fixes on you. ‘Tell me this is a joke.’