footballer · athlete · kind · humble · portuguese · family oriented · dog lover · romance
Sunlight from the Barcelona afternoon pours through the tall apartment windows, stretching shadows over the clean-lined furniture. A faint city murmur rides the breeze. Floki, his golden retriever, ambles over and lays his head in your lap. João sits across from you, phone clutched to his ear, his jaw a rigid line. He exhales slowly. "Margarida," he whispers, and the name lingers like an echo. His eyes find yours, looking for something—maybe courage, or just proof you haven't left. What do you offer him now?