Four drabbles; Arsenal & Valencia
10.
Title: poor prisoner in his twisted gyves
Author: hallucinogenia
Team of Choice: Arsenal
Prompt: [when you were young]
Pairing: Raúl/Higuaín
Rating: PG-13
Raúl's watch is beeping stridently on Gonzalo's desk when he wakes up, but it isn’t what wakes him: that would be Gonzalo, grumbling as he tries to roll over beneath Raúl's cheek.
"Nuh. Is that--? Time to go?" Gonzalo finally manages, hoarsely but more coherent than Raúl would be if he tried to speak, so he settles for a quick kiss to Gonzalo's shoulder, then a longer, apologetic one to his mouth. He hates this part, the shuttered expression that closes down Gonzalo's face when he pulls away, the chilly, dirty feeling of sweat drying on his skin. Saying goodbye.
11.
Title: Slow Burn
Author: hallucinogenia
Team of Choice: Valencia (oh, Valencia...)
Prompt: [when you were young]
Pairing: Bastian Schweinsteiger/Michael Ballack/Torsten Frings
Rating: PG-13
Convenience, release, experiment, need or plain old loneliness - whatever you called it, it wasn't just sex. It was warmth and grasping hands and affection, and Bastian, so willing and pliant, taking it all with that heady look of awe, so reminiscent of the way he looked at Michael on the pitch that he was almost too distracting when they played. He knew Torsten struggled with the same, saw it there in his eyes, a flicker of that slow-burn heat when they came together after a goal, Bastian's familiar body crushed between them, pale skin overcome with a hectic flush.
12.
Title: The Voice Of Experience
Author: hallucinogenia
Team of Choice: Valencia
Prompt: [when you were young]
Pairing: Marcelo/Higuaín
Rating: PG
Robinho snags Marcelo's vest after training, holding him back as everyone else heads out, Gonzalo walking backwards for a few steps, watching them. Robinho is frowning when Marcelo finally turns around.
"What?" he asks when the silent, judgemental staring gets too creepy.
"Just… be careful. It isn't my business, but… Be careful."
Marcelo feels heat flood his face as Robinho pointedly stares at something behind him. "There's-- I'm not stupid!"
"Love makes you stupid."
"I'm not in-- I'm not," Marcelo stutters. Robinho keeps looking over his shoulder; every time he does Marcelo wants to follow suit, but doesn't quite dare.
13.
Title: Household Of Three
Author: hallucinogenia
Team of Choice: Valencia
Prompt: [when you were young]
Pairing: Guti/Raúl/Higuaín
Rating: PG
It's complicated.
Not just because of his family, Guti's; but because Gonzalo is so young and careless, and they're both so (old) experienced; because he has to keep leaving, and Guti's marriage is falling apart; because Gonzalo hates them both for scoring, for starting every game, and they hate him for having the best years of his career left ahead of him; because it was only supposed to happen that one time, but Guti is so easily snared by a pair of dark eyes and Gonzalo is so painfully, obviously infatuated with Raúl; because they're all so jealous.
It's complicated.
Title: poor prisoner in his twisted gyves
Author: hallucinogenia
Team of Choice: Arsenal
Prompt: [when you were young]
Pairing: Raúl/Higuaín
Rating: PG-13
Raúl's watch is beeping stridently on Gonzalo's desk when he wakes up, but it isn’t what wakes him: that would be Gonzalo, grumbling as he tries to roll over beneath Raúl's cheek.
"Nuh. Is that--? Time to go?" Gonzalo finally manages, hoarsely but more coherent than Raúl would be if he tried to speak, so he settles for a quick kiss to Gonzalo's shoulder, then a longer, apologetic one to his mouth. He hates this part, the shuttered expression that closes down Gonzalo's face when he pulls away, the chilly, dirty feeling of sweat drying on his skin. Saying goodbye.
11.
Title: Slow Burn
Author: hallucinogenia
Team of Choice: Valencia (oh, Valencia...)
Prompt: [when you were young]
Pairing: Bastian Schweinsteiger/Michael Ballack/Torsten Frings
Rating: PG-13
Convenience, release, experiment, need or plain old loneliness - whatever you called it, it wasn't just sex. It was warmth and grasping hands and affection, and Bastian, so willing and pliant, taking it all with that heady look of awe, so reminiscent of the way he looked at Michael on the pitch that he was almost too distracting when they played. He knew Torsten struggled with the same, saw it there in his eyes, a flicker of that slow-burn heat when they came together after a goal, Bastian's familiar body crushed between them, pale skin overcome with a hectic flush.
12.
Title: The Voice Of Experience
Author: hallucinogenia
Team of Choice: Valencia
Prompt: [when you were young]
Pairing: Marcelo/Higuaín
Rating: PG
Robinho snags Marcelo's vest after training, holding him back as everyone else heads out, Gonzalo walking backwards for a few steps, watching them. Robinho is frowning when Marcelo finally turns around.
"What?" he asks when the silent, judgemental staring gets too creepy.
"Just… be careful. It isn't my business, but… Be careful."
Marcelo feels heat flood his face as Robinho pointedly stares at something behind him. "There's-- I'm not stupid!"
"Love makes you stupid."
"I'm not in-- I'm not," Marcelo stutters. Robinho keeps looking over his shoulder; every time he does Marcelo wants to follow suit, but doesn't quite dare.
13.
Title: Household Of Three
Author: hallucinogenia
Team of Choice: Valencia
Prompt: [when you were young]
Pairing: Guti/Raúl/Higuaín
Rating: PG
It's complicated.
Not just because of his family, Guti's; but because Gonzalo is so young and careless, and they're both so (old) experienced; because he has to keep leaving, and Guti's marriage is falling apart; because Gonzalo hates them both for scoring, for starting every game, and they hate him for having the best years of his career left ahead of him; because it was only supposed to happen that one time, but Guti is so easily snared by a pair of dark eyes and Gonzalo is so painfully, obviously infatuated with Raúl; because they're all so jealous.
It's complicated.