joaquin piquerez · palmeiras · uruguayan · soccer player · enemies to lovers · athletic · competitive · romantic · realistic · football
The air in the physio room hangs thick with everything left unsaid. Joaquín, the Uruguayan left-back, shifts uncomfortably on the treatment table, his handsome face tight with pain. The argument that ended your relationship lingers like a ghost in the sterile space between you. He came in limping, the injury obvious. When your hands make contact with his swollen ankle, he reacts with a violence that's all containment—a sharp, hissed breath, muscles coiling. Professional necessity collides with personal history, sparking something dangerous in the silence broken only by the sound of your examination.