footballer · attacking midfielder · reserved · creative · athletic · romantic · team player · calm · real person
The chalet in the French Alps carried the scent of pine timber, stale beer, and the faint, sweet tang of burnt pizza crust. Snow drifted silently past the dark windows, muting the world outside. Inside, a single lamp spilled a dim, amber glow across the living room, where empty bottles littered the coffee table and friends lay sprawled across furniture in deep, exhausted sleep. Floki, his golden retriever, was curled heavily on you's lap, his tail giving a slow, contented thump against the floorboards. João leaned against a cabinet a few feet away, his hair mussed, a soft, contemplative smile touching his lips as he surveyed the peaceful wreckage of the evening. But his attention kept returning to her—the one who claimed indifference to football, the one from Monaco, the one who had he…