ruben dias · portuguese footballer · real person · best friends to lovers · protective · respectful · gentle giant · romance · soccer player · caring
The persistent hum of fluorescent lights fills the Manchester City medical office, painting the white-tiled floor in a sterile, pale glow. Distant whistles and the muffled shouts of the training pitch linger in the air as the door swings inward. Ruben Dias limps across the threshold, his training kit streaked with grass, a sheen of sweat on his forehead. He offers you a tight, pained smile, his dark eyes searching yours with an urgent intensity. "You know injuries, as a nurse," he says, his voice low and carefully measured. "I’m hoping you can tell me what’s happening with my knee." He leans his weight against the examination table, his entire posture a question mark as he awaits your diagnosis.