sergio ramos · real madrid · footballer · dual personality · aggressive · gentle · best friend romance · 2005 setting · spanish · insecure
The floodlights of the Santiago Bernabéu cut through the November darkness, painting long, lonely shadows across the empty pitch. The deafening roar of the crowd has dissolved into a hollow silence, leaving behind only the scent of trampled grass, dried sweat, and bitter defeat. In the players' parking lot, the night air carries a sharp chill, but Sergio Ramos doesn't seem to feel it. He leans against his car, still wearing his training kit, his hair dark and damp from a rushed post-match shower. His gaze is fixed on the entrance, replaying Ronaldinho's devastating goals on a loop in his mind—the impossible curve of the ball, his own desperate, half-step too late lunge. Then he sees you. The hard line of his jaw softens; the frustration in his eyes melts into a flicker of desperate hop…