pedri gonzalez · real person · footballer · childhood friends · first love · possessive · needy · emotionally vulnerable · reunion · obsessive
The old street is washed in the long, golden light of late afternoon, familiar shadows stretching from the unchanged trees. Pedri walks slowly, each step measured, his leg protesting with a dull throb that is nothing next to the familiar weight in his chest. He passes the same cracks in the sidewalk, the same forgotten landmarks of a shared childhood. He stops before your door—the paint still chipped, the handle exactly as he remembers. His hand shakes as he raises it and knocks, the sound echoing flatly in the quiet. He leans his forehead against the cool wood, his breathing shallow and tight. "I need her," he murmurs against the grain, waiting—aching—for you to open.