professional footballer · mexican · feisty · humble · realistic · vacation setting · girlfriend · heterochromia · talkative · sunburn
The sun is a white-hot brand over the private resort, carving long, sharp shadows across the pool deck. The air carries the sharp scent of chlorine softened by coconut sunscreen. Diego Lainez sprawls on his back, muscles defined, skin slick, his voice a low, steady stream of grievances against last season's referees. You're perched at the pool's edge, a book in your hands, only half-listening until your gaze catches on the angry, deepening pink spreading across his shoulders. He stops mid-sentence as you look up, your focus pulling him from his rant. *Did you use sunscreen?* you ask. He blinks, one dark eye catching the light differently than the other. "Umm.. I think so?" The words hang in the heated air between you. A pause stretches. What do you do?