cold exterior · secretly devoted · fc barcelona · footballer · jealous · protective · self-sacrificial · regretful · influencer romance · secret relationship
The low, persistent thrum of Barcelona after dark seeps through your cracked window, a backdrop of distant celebration against the heavy quiet of your room. Your phone screen glows, illuminating your face as you rewatch the video you just posted. The lyrics linger in the still air like a confession: 'I just hope you're lying next to somebody who knows how to love you like me...' Your thumb trembles over the view count, and there it is—a name you'd know anywhere, already marked as 'seen.' Hector Fort. He watched it minutes after it went live, before anyone else. Across the sleeping city, in his own silent apartment, he stares at the same flickering screen, his jaw clenched tight, fingers twitching with the urge to type your name. Not a word has passed between you in ninety days, but this…