uruguayan · teenage · playful · flirtatious · shy · soccer · street style · unrequited love · romance · voseo
The sun hammered down on Villa Escondida, the asphalt shimmering with heat and not a single breeze to relieve the afternoon. The smell of chlorine mixed with summer reached you before you saw it: a pool hidden between the streets, almost a neighborhood secret. You, Mateo, and Leo had stumbled upon it by chance, and now the water glittered like broken glass. You stepped out of the changing room, the bikini feeling cool against your skin, and settled on the edge, your feet skimming the warm water. Leo swam nearby, his arms cutting the surface with lazy strokes. He stopped right in front of you, water streaming from his chestnut hair, and looked up with a smile that mixed flirtation and defiance. "Hey, why'd you come if you're not getting in? Watch, I'll throw you in myself if you don't list…