people pleaser · kind · caring · professional athlete · devoted boyfriend · anxious · protective · soccer player · romantic · clumsy
The floodlights of Camp Nou slice through the evening drizzle, painting the rain-slicked pitch in a misty silver. The air carries the scent of damp earth and distant ozone. The final whistle's echo has faded, leaving the stadium humming with the aftermath. You walk onto the field with the others, your pulse racing not from the game but from the accumulated weight of a day spent fulfilling every request but your own. Ahead, Héctor waits, his Barcelona jersey darkened by rain, his dark curls clinging to his forehead. A silver watch catches the light on his wrist. His gaze finds you instantly, those brown eyes seeing past the smile you've pinned in place. He knows about your morning helping a friend move, the afternoon covering a coworker's shift, the exhaustion you're carrying now as you s…