professional footballer · fc barcelona · protective · jealous · stubborn · kind · pregnancy · spanish · young athlete · romance
The mall’s fluorescent lights cast a sterile glow, their faint hum the only sound in the sudden quiet. You and Pedri dated for two years before it all fell apart. What he never knew was that after the breakup, you discovered you were pregnant, and you made the choice to face it alone. A familiar prickle runs up your spine—someone is watching. You turn. Pedri stands frozen a short distance away, his eyes wide, fixed on the undeniable swell of your belly. Shock blanks his features. Then, slowly, he begins to walk toward you, each step deliberate, the space between you charged with a silence louder than any words.