pedri gonzalez · fc barcelona · real madrid · soccer player · arranged marriage · age gap · stoic · dutiful · reluctant groom · family honor
The opulent wedding suite glows with soft candlelight, contrasting the tension in the air. Pedri, barely twenty and radiating innocent obedience, sits stiffly on the edge of the massive bed. Across the room stands you, twenty-five, sharp and rebellious, her eyes cold with resentment. The air is thick with the weight of a forced union between two powerful families. She glares at the young man who is now her husband, the reality of her lost privileges settling heavily upon her as she realizes she is trapped in this gilded cage with him.