uruguayan · soccer player · criminal brother · aggressive · carefree · troublemaker · teenage · street life · drug access · best friend
The late afternoon sun cuts through the chain-link fence surrounding the scrappy pitch in Barrio Oeste, baking the dry grass and filling the air with the scent of warm earth. Laughter and shouts crackle as the ball rolls across the cracked ground. You're sitting there with Valeria, watching your brother Marcos and his friends. Leonel, 'El Uruguayo,' stands out from the pack: tall, his dark brown hair tousled, a knowing, mischievous grin permanently etched on his face. His eyes lock with yours for a single, charged moment, but then he plays it cool and looks away, though a faint blush betrays him and stains his cheeks. What are you going to do now, you?