pairing: (childhood bff) gavi x reader summary: a scene from your childhood, a promise from your best friend, and a full circle moment word count: 889
a/n: it's finally done! this is the gavi fic i couldn't decide on the ending for - thank u to everyone who voted in my poll for it <33 😭 - also I KNOW there aren't live commentators when you watch football matches in person okay its for the plot
“In ten years, I’ll probably be so good that I’ll score all the time! And you can come and watch my matches!”
You could remember it like it was yesterday - Gavi sitting next to you on a park bench, the two of you messily devouring ice cream cones you had begged your mum for enough pocket money to buy. He was excitedly explaining his plans for when the two of you were older, him being a professional footballer obviously, and you still by his side.
“And when I do score, I’ll point up to you in the stands just like this, okay?”
“That’s so far away in the future, you’ll probably forget by then,” you sigh, but you can’t stop yourself from laughing as he poses and his melting ice cream drips down his small hands and onto the pavement below.
“I won’t, I swear!”
You nod unconvincingly, more concerned with making sure your treat doesn’t become a similar mess and for a moment the two of you sit in silence. The warm summer sun tingles on your round cheeks, even as the approaching afternoon causes it to dip below the horizon. You watch as Gavi tries again, and fails, to clean up his hands by lapping up the dripping ice cream. Despite being so young, you’re struck by a sudden desire to retrospectively freeze this moment in time and make sure the two of you can stay like this forever, safe from the changes growing up might hold.
“I’ll have to go back soon,” Gavi’s voice cuts through your uncharacteristically angsty thoughts, as he turns back to you worriedly after noticing the dimming skyline.
“Ah, right,” you mumble, slumping back onto the bench - the two of you had been enjoying yourself so much you had almost forgotten how strict of a curfew the academy gave him.
“Hey, don’t worry!” Gavi pipes up, noticing your expression, “the more time I spend training the sooner you’ll get to watch me score super cool goals!”
You try your best to muster up a convincing smile, not wanting to send him back in a bad mood after the two of you had had such a fun afternoon together. Satisfied, he finishes what’s left of his icecream before hopping up off the bench and brushing the crumbs of his cones off his lip. You stand too, albeit slower, since you too need to get home before it gets dark.
“Oh and hey, Fermin showed me how to use the dorm phone last night, so I can finally call you! Keep an eye on your phone tonight, okay?”
Before you can reply he pulls you into a tight hug, and all you can think about is how you hope he can't feel how hard your heart is beating in your chest. Before you can hug back he’s already pulling away, shooting you another quick smile before turning to jog in the direction of the dorms, and you wave goodbye as you watch him go. You’re not sure why you do this, since you’re pretty sure he won’t see you - but if not for him, you wave to give yourself an excuse to stand there a little longer and watch his tiny silhouette disappearing into the afternoon sun.
Despite the deafening cheers of thousands of fans, Gavi is able to spot you from where he's standing on the pitch - his worried expression is instantly replaced with a beaming smile, his arms frantically waving to get your attention. As soon as you spot him you can't help but do the same, almost falling out of your seat as you do, excitement coursing through your veins.
Sitting back, you take a minute to take everything in - the vibrant green of the field is almost blinding and the clamour of everyone around you is enough to give you a headache. But more than anything, you're hyper-focused on one thing tonight, this being the first professional match you'd been able to watch your childhood best friend play.
The match starts with the shrill shriek of the whistle, and you're on the edge of your seat, eyes following the quick movements of the ball as best as you can. To be honest, you know very little about football despite Gavi talking your ear off about it at any opportunity you gave him - but you know enough to know he's absolutely killing it. It's actually a little difficult to keep up with how fast he's moving.
It happens before you can even register it, but the surge of cheers and people jumping up around you forces you up to your feet to join in. Your eyes race, desperate to find your friend - but it seems he's already found you, both eyes locked on yours as he points up to you with the widest smile you've ever seen.
At that moment, you see an echo of the young boy you had fallen in love with over ten years ago - and you can't believe he's kept his promise, the pose and smile the same as it had been back then. You're breathless with joy, and you feel your heart swell.
"Oh, and what's this? The young midfielder seems to be pointing up to someone in the stands!" the voice of a commentator booms through the speakers as you sink back into your seat, your cheeks almost aching from how wide you're smiling.
"We can't really see who it is, but whoever it is must be someone extremely special to him, and extremely lucky!"
Hey could 6ou write something with cubarsi where the reader is introverted so she's to shy to confess so he has to do it
warnings:: none.
writers notes:: respectfully i have nun to say 💔
tags:: @barcapix @n0vazsq @httpsdana @paucubarsisimp @universefcb @nngkay @mariejuli
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
you’ve liked pau for months.
and it’s not some loud, dramatic kind of thing, it’s quiet. gentle. the kind that lives in the way your chest tightens when he smiles at you, or how your voice softens whenever he walks into the room.
you sit next to him during group things, but never too close. you text him sometimes, but always reread every message ten times before hitting send. you laugh at his jokes, but only when you think he’s not looking.
you don’t flirt. you don’t know how. you just… feel. deeply. quietly. maybe a little too much.
pau notices.
of course he does.
he’s not loud either. he’s calm. observant. thoughtful in the way he speaks and even more in the way he listens.
he picks up on the way your eyes linger a little too long. the way you always remember the smallest things he says. how you never look him in the eyes for too long, but when you do, you forget to breathe.
and he likes you. he’s sure of it. he just doesn’t know why you won’t say anything.
one afternoon, it’s just the two of you walking home. it’s raining a little, and he shares his hoodie with you, just like always.
your hands brush. once. twice.
then you pull away.
and he stops walking.
‘you’re not gonna say anything, are you?’
you blink. heart racing. ‘about what?’
pau turns to face you, eyes soft but steady. ‘about how you look at me like i’m your favorite book you’re too scared to open.’
your throat goes dry.
you want to run. hide. dissolve.
but instead you whisper, ‘i didn’t think you’d want me like that.’
and pau just exhales, like he’s been waiting for you to say something, and steps closer.
‘i’ve been waiting for you to say that for weeks.’
he doesn’t rush it.
he doesn’t grab your hand or kiss you right there on the street.
he just smiles, tucks a piece of wet hair behind your ear, and says,
‘next time you’re scared to say how you feel… just look at me. i’ll get it. i promise.’
and you do.
and he does.
Hey, could you write something for Jude where the reader is tired of the game? One day, he was all hers,intense looks, lingering touches, words that made her heart race. The next, he was cold and distant, as if nothing had ever happened. She tried not to care, to pretend it didn’t bother her. But every ignored message, every unexplained absence, only made the knot in her chest tighten. Did he really love her? Or was she just a distraction for his lonely days?
Please think about it!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
warnings:: angst, no closure & self care also no happy ending.
writers notes:: this is the last fic on my list so i wrote this in a crisis @barcapix iykyk 💔.
tags:: @barcapix @n0vazsq @httpsdana @paucubarsisimp @universefcb @mariejuli
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
one day, he was all yours.
the way he looked at you like there was no one else in the world. fingers tracing the edge of your wrist like he was memorizing it. words he only said when the room was dark and the space between you was just barely enough to breathe.
‘you get under my skin like no one else.’ ‘don’t ever leave.’ ‘this feels like more, doesn’t it?’
you’d believed him. every time.
because it did feel like more.
until it didn’t.
the next day, he was cold. distant. unreadable.
no good morning texts. no soft smiles. no warmth in his voice.
he’d brush past you like your body wasn’t one he held against his just nights ago.
you’d send a message.
hey. you good?
left on delivered. for hours.
then days.
you tried not to care. really, you did.
told yourself he was busy. that he didn’t owe you anything. that it wasn’t serious.
but your chest told another story.
a tight knot that only grew worse with every silence, every excuse, every moment he proved he could disappear just as fast as he showed up.
you saw him laughing at a party once, eyes shining, arms around someone else.
not touching her the way he touched you. but still enough to hurt.
he caught your eye from across the room.
and for a split second, he looked guilty.
then he looked away.
you sat in your car that night, keys still in the ignition, phone in your hand.
did you ever really care? or was i just a distraction for when you were lonely?
you didn’t send it.
you didn’t need to.
the silence already answered for him.
you never got your closure.
no text. no call. no explanation.
just… distance.
and over time, that silence turned into something else not peace exactly, but a quieter kind of pain.
the kind you learned to live with.
the kind that stopped stinging every time you heard his name.
you started showing up again.
not for him, but for yourself.
brighter lip gloss. louder music in your car. smiling at strangers just to feel a little something warm in return.
you still thought of him sometimes when your favorite song came on. when someone said “you look happy lately.”
but mostly, you just… moved.
forward. slowly.
and jude noticed.
at first it was a glance.
you walked past him in a crowded room, head held high, a soft laugh falling from your lips, and he looked.
then came the double take. the long stares. the quiet moments when he thought you didn’t notice him watching.
but you did.
you just didn’t care anymore.
he finally texted one night.
can we talk?
you stared at the screen for a full minute before locking your phone again.
not out of anger.
but because there was nothing left to say.
you’d already cried. already questioned everything. already pieced yourself back together.
you weren’t angry. you weren’t bitter.
you were just… done.
and jude?
he was the one sitting in his car now, staring at his phone, wondering how it all slipped through his hands so easily.
he replayed every moment like a highlight reel he couldn’t turn off.
you smiling in his hoodie. you falling asleep on his chest. you whispering “don’t make me regret this.”
he did.
some nights, he thinks about texting again.
but he knows better now.
you weren’t a maybe.
you were always almost, until you weren’t.
and now you’re untouchable.
because you stopped waiting for him to choose you.
and chose yourself instead.
Losing my mind 'cause life’s a mess and I can’t catch up on the masterpieces my queens have been posting
gang i’m 5’7 too 👅
tags:: @barcapix @httpsdana @paucubarsisimp ; SORRY FOR UNWANTED
@ mutuals rb this w how tall you are i wanna know
i’m 4’11
hi hello! do you write for kieran tierney? if you don’t feel free to ignore this. but if you do can i please request a one shot where they’re talking about the fact that kieran’s moving to celtic at the end of the season and if they’re at a place in their relationship where the reader would move with him and it’s all angsty? hurt/comfort maybe? have a great day!
summary:: moving on is hard, especially when you’re expected to pick everything up and move. not everything goes to plan and life is the best example of that.
warnings:: i don’t think so…
writers notes:: never did i expect to be writing for him but ykw heck yeah 😍. anyways i love writing angst it’s my element i fear, others may disagree but i love it sm
tags:: @barcapix @n0vazsq @httpsdana @paucubarsisimp
the apartment felt quieter than usual. the soft hum of the city outside and the distant buzz of your phone were the only sounds that kept you grounded as you stared out of the window. it had been a long day, and all you wanted was some peace. but that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon.
kieran’s voice broke through the silence, though it was quieter than usual, almost uncertain. ‘i think i’m really going to go for it. celtic. end of the season.’
the words hung in the air, thick with unspoken tension.
you didn’t turn to face him immediately, afraid that if you did, you’d betray the way your stomach had twisted in response. you felt the air grow heavy with the weight of his decision. he hadn’t exactly asked you what you thought, but you didn’t need him to. you both knew what this meant.
celtic was his home. he’d always spoken of them fondly, of the pride in representing the club that had raised him, that had seen him grow into the man he was today. and now, after everything, after all the time apart, after the struggles, the ups and downs, it was finally happening.
the move.
your heart ached at the thought.
you swallowed hard, trying to steady your voice. ‘it’s... it’s a good opportunity, kieran. for you.’
it sounded almost dismissive, even to your own ears, but you couldn’t make yourself say anything else. because the truth was, a part of you was afraid. afraid that this was the moment that everything would change. that maybe you weren’t ready to let go of what you had here. or that, perhaps, you weren’t ready to follow him into this new chapter of his life.
kieran didn’t respond right away, and you finally turned to face him. he was sitting at the kitchen counter, his eyes fixed on his phone. his shoulders were tense, but his face, his face was the same as always. the face that had smiled at you in countless photos, that had comforted you when things felt rough, that had been the one constant in your life for so long.
but now, it was a mask. a mask you weren’t sure you could break through.
‘you don’t seem happy,’ he said softly, his eyes lifting to meet yours.
you took a shaky breath, the lump in your throat growing with every second. ‘of course i’m happy for you. it’s celtic. it’s everything you’ve worked for. but... but what about us?’
the words spilled out of you before you could stop them. you didn’t want to be selfish, but you couldn’t help it. his dream was becoming a reality, and you... you didn’t know where you fit into that anymore.
‘what about us, kieran?’ you repeated, your voice trembling. ‘are we at a place where... where i should follow you? can we keep doing this long-distance thing? or is this the end?’
the question hung between you, thick with all the unsaid words that had built up over the past few months. you’d both been busy, so busy, between his commitments, your own, that the time together had become sparse. and with this looming decision, with the inevitability of his move to celtic, you couldn’t ignore it anymore.
kieran was silent, his gaze falling away from yours. ‘i didn’t want to put that pressure on you,’ he said quietly. ‘i don’t want to make you feel like you have to come with me.’
‘but i’m not sure i’m ready to leave everything behind,’ you confessed, your voice cracking. ‘i’ve built my life here, kieran. my job. my friends. i can’t just pick everything up and go.’
his eyes softened, and he stood up from the counter, walking over to you slowly, carefully. when he reached you, he cupped your face in his hands, his thumbs brushing away the few stray tears that had fallen.
‘i didn’t mean to make you feel that way,’ he murmured. ‘i’m not asking you to leave everything behind for me. but you’re part of my future. that’s not something i can just... walk away from.’
you blinked up at him, trying to process the gravity of his words. you wanted to believe him. you wanted to believe that you could make it work, that love could conquer distance, could conquer time.
but it wasn’t that easy. not when you were being pulled in different directions, your own future uncertain.
‘and what if this doesn’t work out, kieran?’ you asked, your voice barely above a whisper. ‘what if you go to celtic, and things change? what if we change?’
he closed his eyes for a moment, as if the weight of your question was too much to bear. then, with a slow breath, he replied, ‘i don’t have the answers. i don’t know what the future holds. all i know is that i want you in it. i want us in it. but i can’t ask you to follow me if you’re not ready.’
the silence that followed was deafening. you wanted to reach out to him, to hold him, to reassure him that you didn’t want to lose him. but you also needed to be sure of yourself. you needed to know that you were making the right choice, for both of you.
‘kieran...’ you started, but the words caught in your throat.
he kissed your forehead gently, and you melted into him, allowing yourself the brief comfort of his touch. ‘whatever you decide, i’m not going anywhere,’ he whispered. ‘but i’m here for the long haul, and i need you to know that.’
you closed your eyes, allowing yourself to feel the warmth of his words, even if they didn’t fully ease the uncertainty in your heart. for a moment, you allowed yourself to lean into him, to breathe in the scent of him, to just be with him. you weren’t ready to make a decision, but you didn’t want to let go of what you had, either.
the future was uncertain, but in this moment, you had each other. and maybe that was enough to keep you going.
for now.
UGHH the things this man makes me wanna do is soooo i just wanna bite his hands bro THOSE VEINNNSSS OMDSSSS🥴🥴
I want him to look at me like that bro like stawppp😝😝🤪
first fic i read when im taking a break from revision and now i’m bawling my eyes out
Until We Meet Again
Kenan Yildiz x Reader
The house was too quiet.
Not the peaceful kind, either. It was the kind of silence that rang in your ears, that pressed on your chest until breathing felt like a chore. The kind of silence that echoed, despite the toys still scattered across the living room. His little sneakers by the door. His tiny Juventus jersey draped over the back of the couch — the one with “Baba” and number 15 on the back.
Kay didn’t care that Kenan had changed numbers since. To him, his baba would always be number 15.
Kenan sat at the edge of the couch, elbows on his knees, face in his hands. You stood behind him, fingers gripping the sleeve of his hoodie. The one Kay used to wrap around himself like a superhero cape, saying he was “Baba’s biggest fan.”
Kay Yıldız. Just five years old. Brave. Cheeky. So full of life. A warrior who fought harder than anyone should have to. But cancer didn’t care about innocence. It didn’t care that he was loved by an entire football club, or that the crowd used to cheer his name every time he ran onto the pitch with his father.
The funeral had been small. Quiet. Kenan didn’t want cameras. He didn’t want headlines.
Just Kay’s family.
And his Juventus family.
Federico Gatti brought a bouquet of white flowers — Kay’s favorite. Nicolò savona, who used to play FIFA with Kay after training, had cried into Kenan’s shoulder like a little brother. Weston left a small stuffed penguin by the casket — Kay had a collection of them. Dusan stood frozen for the longest time, face red, eyes wet, muttering “I’m so sorry” over and over. Manuel Locatelli didn’t let go of Kenan the whole day.
The next day, Juventus had a home game.
You didn’t want Kenan to go. You didn’t want to be alone. But you also knew Kay would’ve insisted on it. He loved watching his baba play. Even from the hospital bed, he’d hold up his toy whistle and scream, “Let’s go Juventus!” like he was in the Curva Sud himself.
The moment you stepped into the Allianz Stadium, you felt the shift. The whole place felt heavy — but united.
The team came out for warm-ups all wearing black shirts. On the back: KAY YILDIZ, and underneath, the number 15.
As the teams lined up, the announcer's voice echoed:
“Ladies and gentlemen, we ask that you join us in a minute of silence to honor the memory of Kay Yıldız, the young son of our player Kenan Yıldız — forever part of the Bianconeri family.”
Not a single sound.
No chants. No movement. No phones.
Just silence.
On the big screen, a photo appeared. Kay, standing on the touchline, black and white stripes painted on his cheeks, proudly holding a sign that read:
"Forza Baba!"
Kenan stared up at the image, jaw clenched, eyes glassy. The tears came when the silence ended and the Curva Sud unveiled a massive banner, hand-painted with Kay in his little Juventus kit, smiling wide, football in his hands.
“Our smallest warrior. Forever one of us.”
Kenan dropped to his knees.
Weston, Dusan, Nicolo — they surrounded him, arms around his shoulders, heads bowed. The referee didn’t rush. No one did.
When the whistle blew, Kenan stood and played like his soul was on fire.
In the 15th minute, the ball came to him at the edge of the box.
A single touch.
A strike.
Goal.
Kenan didn’t celebrate. He just pointed both arms to the sky, tears streaking his face.
The crowd didn’t scream.
They applauded.
You stood up, one hand pressed to your heart, the other wiping your cheeks. You whispered, “He saw that. I know he did.”
After the match, the team walked off arm-in-arm with Kenan. The club posted a photo of him kneeling after his goal, the admin behind the phone, captioned:
“Shine bright, Kay Yıldız. The sky has gained a star — and we’ve lost our bravest Bianconero.”
That night, Kenan sat beside you in Kay’s room. He picked up the little jersey off the bed — the one with “Yıldız 15” on the back — and said quietly:
“Did you feel him?”
You nodded. “He wouldn’t have missed it.”
This was Requested.🫶🏼
MAN GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER LOCK IN ITS BEEN 4 MINS AND WE ALREADY CONCEDED A GOAL TF ?? WHO IS LEGANES . WE WERE A SEXTUPLE WINNING CLUB LIKE 15 YEARS AGO AND WE’RE LOOSING TO A CLUB THATS 15TH IN THE TABLE LOCK TF IN 😭😭 . okay that’s my rant over 🙅♀️🙅♀️
So… basically. Hair over the forehead. Case in point?
LIKE ARE WE KIDDING, I’M SERIOUSLY SICK.
okay so i lowkey sound like a beg but please send me requests because i wanna write but i physically cannot come up w ideas! so if you could help out that would be really appreciated i love you guys!! 🤍