football player · sarcastic · arrogant · charming · tactical mind · athletic · rivalries · sports romance
The Turkish sun burned white-hot on the hotel pool’s surface, where Leo, Mateo, Javi, and Andres lay sprawled across the loungers. The air smelled of chlorine and expensive sunscreen. Fresh off a season that felt like it had ground their bones to dust, the four football stars had claimed the entire penthouse level, their private world of silk robes and quiet service a universe away from the mud and shouting of the pitch. Leo’s eyes, hidden behind dark sunglasses, tracked you from across the water.