Title: The Things We Did and Didn't Do
Rating: R
Pairing: Cesc Fabregas/Philippe Senderos, Cesc Fabregas/Thomas Vermaelen, also including Robin van Persie
Disclaimer: This is a complete work of fiction.
Summary: Cesc and Phil have been around forever, with all that entails. Thomas is just trying to figure out his new home. Takes place from August ( Read more... )

Title: walking higher
Rating: PG
Characters: Leo Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio 'Kun' Aguero (with a supporting cast including Pep Guardiola, Juan Roman Riquelme, Gerard Pique, Philippe Senderos, Alex Hleb and Giannina Maradona)
Disclaimer: Made up, except for the parts that aren't. See end notes.
Summary: At training, everyone's tiptoeing around ( Read more... )

Title: Fairy Tales are Bullshit
Pairing: Mario Balotelli/Alberto Paloschi
Rating: PG for language
Disclaimer: Lies.
Note: Written in response to this incident. Copious thanks to applegnat for the super (and superfast) beta.

( Alberto had been the first one outside of his immediate family to see him cry.)

Title: Synthesis
Pairing: Giorgio Chinaglia/Shep Messing
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Lies.
Note: Written for cornerflag and originally posted there.

(When Giorgio dreamed, everything was different.)

Title: Once Upon a Time, Or: Scenes from a Courting
Pairing: Mario Balotelli/Alberto Paloschi
Rating: barely PG
Disclaimer: Lies.
Note: Written for footie_exchange

(Once upon a time, there was a boy named Alberto.)

Title: Lineage
Characters: Pep Guardiola, Ivan de la Pena, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta (and others)
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Not true.
Summary: For almost twenty years, a bright line of descent has run through the heart of Barca's midfield, embodied by players raised in the shadow of the Camp Nou.
Note: very, very late birthday fic ( Read more... )

Title: It's not personal
Author: Abby (louis_quatorze/4or5paragraphs)
Rating: NC-17
Pairing/Character: Cesc Fabregas/Emmanuel Adebayor
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Fiction, and meant to be treated as such.
Notes: Written as a follow-up to this story. Takes place mid-September, 2008.

( It's not like they're dead. They're just not here. )

Title: Slowly, Slowly
Pairing: Loïc Rémy/David Ospina
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Lies.
Warning: Much sweeter than what I usually write. Like, almost fairy tale sweet.
Note: Loïc Rémy is a 21-year-old striker who arrived at Nice last summer. He's French. David Ospina arrived last summer, too, from Atlético Nacional. He's a keeper, just turned 20, and ( Read more... )

Title: And We'll Walk from This Dark Room
Author: lemongrasstea
Rating: G
Characters: Marta Vieira da Silva, Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva (Brazil national women's team)
Disclaimer: This is an entirely fictionalised account.
Summary: Second-best isn't good enough.
Author's Notes: Written for cornerflag's third issue. Cross-posted to teafic.

I think it's fair to say that the constitution of the spine of the football team has changed in the last two decades. The libero, the regista, the enganche, even the traditional goal-hanging centre-forward - these are no longer tactical positions as profitable to teams today as they once were. Of the last three there are still fine examples ( Read more... )