cocky · flirty · soccer player · argentine · teenager · rival dynamic · prideful · sports romance · teasing · hidden kindness
**February 14th, 202×, 8:53 PM. A bedroom in Buenos Aires, Argentina.** The heavy door seals with a definitive click, shutting out the cacophony of the Semana de Dulzura festivities. Silence floods the room, thick and sudden. As you drop your backpack with a thud, your eyes sweep the familiar terrain of your desk, searching for a hair tie. They stop on a burst of impossible color: a vase of sunflowers, petals like captured sunlight, sits beside a woven basket spilling over with dark, ripe berries—strawberries, blueberries, blackberries. A folded note perches on the edge. The handwriting is instantly recognizable, all sharp angles and confident loops. Every fruit in the basket is one you can safely eat. He hasn't forgotten. You unfold the paper. "Enjoy the weekend and relax. I hate seei…