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Many of the Barcelona girls were away on international duty while the rest were having a small break, so you decided it was the best time for you to go and visit some of the Arsenal girls back home. You finished your last session with the girls left behind and headed straight for the airport.
You had only told Jordan Nobbs that you were planning on coming over so when you asked if she could pick you up from the airport you didn’t expect to find yourself squished in the back seat between Vivianne Miedema and Katie McCabe, Beth Mead residing in the passenger seat.
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“Hey Y/n! Wait up!” You turned to see Leila, Mapi, and Jenni jogging your way. You weren’t sure what to say so you waved awkwardly at the trio. You were still new to the team (only being there for a month), and you didn’t talk much. Despite you being an absolutely dominating presence on the field, rivaling La Reina herself, you were really rather awkward and shy in person.
prompt: alexia putellas is informed that you are potentially falling in love with one of your teammates
word count: 2.4k
a/n: obviously i’m transferring most my stuff from my wattpad but if you guys are getting bored of it please give me some suggestions/requests for some ficlets that i could quickly work through just for a change in content
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“Hey babe” you wrap your arms around your girlfriend alexia’s waist from behind.
Alexia spin’s around, placing a gentle and quick kiss on your lips, grasping your hands and moving them off her waist, not wanting to overdo the public displays of affection in front of your teammates.
“Hi baby, did you have a good night?” Alexia asks, knowing that you and a few other team members went out for drinks.
“The best, I basically danced all night, you should have been there though” you whine, not quite mentioning all the other things you did that Alexia likely wouldn’t have agreed with.
“I’m glad you had fun, it was defender bonding night and i’m not trying to get in the way of things like that just because we are dating” Alexia explains, she takes the team very seriously and even though she is in love with you, in her mind the team comes first.
“Babe barely, it was just Mapi, Leila, Jana and I hanging out and anyway Patri and Aitana both ended up coming as well so you really wouldn’t have been coming in between any bonding” you respond.
You admire how serious Alexia is about the team but sometimes you wish that she would let go a little bit and just be more affectionate or have a bit more fun even when you are at training or doing team activities.
“It’s done now, let’s not worry about it, instead you need to get ready for training otherwise you’ll be late and the captain will have to punish you” Alexia informs you.
“I’m sure the captain wouldn’t do that” you reply slyly, attempting to kiss Alexia’s neck.
“Come on (Y/N/N), not here” Alexia groans, the girl never letting her guard down at training.
Rather than responding you instead just walk off, while you know this is how Alexia is it definitely does annoy you sometimes that you can’t have fun with her unless no one else is around.
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You run around the pitch in an attempt to get away from Mapi who is chasing you, the ordeal started when you claimed you could beat Mapi at juggling and won.
“I’ve got you” Mapi whispers into your ear as she grabs you from behind, lifting you into the air. While loud giggles escape your lips Mapi runs around holding onto you tightly.
“Mapi let me down!” you scream, joy emanating from your voice.
Mapi does as she is asked, letting you back to the ground, instead of completely letting you go though she holds onto you tightly, the two of you hugging for an extended period.
“Can you let go of me now?” you ask, your head pressed against Mapi’s chest as she continues to hug you, mainly due to her strong grip.
“What if I don’t want to?” Mapi challenges.
“You’ll have to carry me back to the locker room” you challenge, wrapping your arms around Mapi’s neck.
“That could be arranged ” Mapi responds slyly, lifting you up again, signalling for you to wrap your legs around her waist, once you do Mapi begins to make her way off the training pitch, you clinging to her like a koala.
“Have (Y/N) and Alexia broken up?” Patri asks Leila, knowing that she would likely be the only one of them to know if that had occurred.
“Not from what I know, they seemed to be together this morning when they were hugging and kissing in the locker room” Leila responds.
“Wait what? You got to see them hug and kiss? I barely get to see them talk to each other” Patri groans, annoyed that she missed her favourite couple on the rare occasion that they showed affection.
“Benefits of coming in early” Leila laughs, “anyway why did you ask?” she wonders.
“Because look at (Y/N) and Mapi” Patri discreetly points at you two, Mapi has stopped walking but you are still clinging onto her for dear life, you two are face to face, essentially inches apart, you’re giggling while Mapi looks at you like nobody else in the world could ever compare.
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“No you should tell her, you are the one who brought it up” Aitana informs Patri, the two of them in the middle of a very heated conversation when Alexia walks past causing both of them to immediately go quiet.
“Who are we keeping secrets from girls?” Alexia asks, she will say she meant it as a joke but there was not anything at all in her body language, nor tone that indicated that it is.
The two girls stand awkwardly, not knowing what to say, Patri quickly jumps onto a lie “Leila has food in her teeth”
“Leila” Alexia calls her over, wanting to help out the two younger girls.
Leila makes her way over, “open your mouth” Lelia has a questioning look on her face but does it anyway.
“All good” Alexia smiles, seeing nothing in her teeth, she turns back to the two, a questioning look now on her face.
“So you want the truth now?” Aitana asks, knowing that their captain will not let them off so easily.
“Preferably” Alexia responds.
“Um well some of the the team has been talking about how it kind of seems like (Y/N) and Mapi have something going on, it’s seems kinda like they have feelings for eachother” Aitana informs Alexia.
“Come on guys, that’s ridiculous” Alexia laughs loudly, in her mind there is no way that her girlfriend of five years could have a crush on her best friend.
“We aren’t trying to start anything Lex but we thought that at first too. Once you start noticing how they interact it really does seem like she’s all in on Mapi, and I guess the fact that you two don’t really do PDA doesn’t help either” Patri explains.
“Oh, well thanks for telling me guys, I guess I’ll have to keep an eye out because I haven’t noticed anything but friendly behaviour from them” Alexia walks away, deep in thought about the conversation that just occurred.
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“Cuddle buddy” Mapi speaks as she pulls you onto her lap. The team are having a movie night and as usual you and Mapi are acting closer than you probably should.
You get comfortable on Mapi’s lap, wrapping your arms around her neck and turning your focus to the screen which will soon display the movie.
Across the room Alexia glares at you and Mapi, once being informed of the behaviour of you two she began to keep an eye on how you interact. Even in the short period that she has been observing you she definitely understands where her teammates are coming from as she would assume that the two of you are a happy couple from the way you act together.
“Are you starting to see it?” Patri asks, sitting next to Alexia.
“Yeah, are they always like this?” Alexia questions.
“Basically yeah” Patri shrugs, she feels bad but there’s not much else she can do, it isn’t her relationship and she isn’t trying to interject and cause problems where there may not be any.
“I don’t know how I didn’t realise before” Alexia sighs, as she does a loud giggle is heard across the room.
The two look over noticing that Mapi is licking your cheek causing you to giggle loudly hitting Mapi playfully attempting to get her to stop.
“I don’t want to overstep but, Lex everyday it looks more and more like you are losing your girl, look at how they look at each other” Patri explains.
Mapi is staring intently at you, a certain longing in her eyes, she holds onto your waist tightly as you still have your arms securely wrapped around Mapi’s neck. You are staring back at Mapi an aura of happiness surrounding you as you and Mapi speak to each other like you are the only two people in the room.
“She doesn’t look at me like that does she?” Alexia sighs in defeat, nothing can be confirmed until she speaks with you but at the moment it definitely does seem like her girlfriend is in love with her best friend, or that you are at least developing feelings for her.
“I can’t say for sure, you two are very private with your relationship, most of us barely even see you guys interact. but I mean in front of the team it definitely looks more like Mapi is her girlfriend, right now it could be you holding her in your lap but she’s over there with Mapi, it just doesn’t seem right seeing as everyone knows that the two of you are together you know?” Patri explains, she has thrown all caution to the wind, since Alexia is now opening her eyes to the way you are behaving, Patri may as well inform her of how she sees the relationship and what her opinion is.
“I think that may be partly my fault” Alexia sighs knowing that you are an extremely physically intimate person and that you try to to initiate physical contact with Alexia around you teammates but Alexia won’t let you due to the idea in her mind that she won’t be respected as a leader if she does.
“Hey, no! Do not blame yourself because your girlfriend is going around acting cosy with other girls, that is not your fault” Patri defends Alexia to herself, assuming that Alexia feels like the potential cheating is her fault.
“No Patri that isn’t, but the lack of affection she gives me in front of the team is, i’m always pushing her away or asking her not to be so physical because i don’t want anyone to think i’m favouring her or not doing my part as the team captain” Alexia explains.
“Oh” is all Patri replies.
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“Hey baby?” Alexia asks as the two of you are laying together on Alexia’s couch, a random football match that neither of you are particularly interested in plays in the background.
“Hmm?” you lift your head off Alexia’s stomach where you had been comfortably laying, almost falling asleep due to the lovely head scratches you had been receiving.
“I need to ask you something, and it’s going to sound bad but we really need to talk about this” Alexia sighs, she doesn’t even want to think about it but the comments from her teammates have been stuck in her head.
“Yeah what’s up?” you sit up a little more, a nervous pit forming in your stomach as you don’t know what to expect.
“You’d tell me if you wanted to break up right?” insecurity is clear in her voice, you are taken aback, not just by the question but also by how unsure of herself Alexia sounds in this moment.
“Where is this coming from?” you reply sweetly, although the reply probably wasn’t the best as it doesn’t stop Alexia’s spiralling negative thoughts.
“Could you just answer the question? then we can talk about it further” Alexia has a harshness in her voice.
you scratch the back of your neck, sitting up further. You clear your throat, a sudden awkwardness filling the room.
“Of course I would tell you if I wanted to break up with you, I could never continue to be in a relationship where I do not fully reciprocate the feelings. but I want this so bad, alexia I’ve loved you since we were little kids who could barely kick a ball around and now I’m here living my life’s dream doing the thing I love most in the world with the first and only woman I will ever be in love with” your response causes Alexia to wonder why she ever doubted the relationship in the first place. “Now can you tell me where that came from?” you ask, kissing Alexia’s nose, making yourself comfortable between your girlfriend’s legs again.
“Some of the girls mentioned that you might be developing feelings for Mapi, I didn’t really believe them at first but you are just so happy around her and you guys are so physical with each other, always touching and such. The more I watched you two the more it definitely did seem like there could be something there and I’m not accusing you of anything I just wanted to be sure that it isn’t what it seems” Alexia explains.
“Oh babe” you speak sympathetically, “I can see why people would think that I guess but that’s just the friendship Mapi and I have always had and I think that because everyone knows we are together but we aren’t very physical it could seem like I’m more into her than I am you. but I love you so much and I’d love to be physical like that with you but I know how serious you are about the team and that that affection in front of the team makes you uncomfortable so that’s why I save it for when it’s just us, like now” you pull Alexia in to a heated kiss, wanting to show your girlfriend that is truly is her that you love and want to be with, not your best friend.
“Well I guess it wouldn’t hurt to be a bit more affectionate in front of the team” Alexia states, making you beam with joy.
“Really Lex? we don’t have to” you attempt to hide your excitement.
“You look like you’re ready to call a team meeting just to show us making out, I don’t think I can take it back now even if I wanted to” Alexia laughs, as your smile doesn’t falter.
“You are correct, I need everyone to know that you are mine and I am yours”
“Yeah especially a certain someone” Alexia mutters, referring to her best friend who had been more than making herself cosy with her girlfriend.
“What was that lex?” you giggle, knowing that Alexia was referring to Mapi.
“I can’t wait to show off that you’re mine” Alexia responds, pulling you in for a kiss in hopes that the conversation will not revert back to Mapi and the very real possibility that she is in love with you.
This one was fun to write, Its easy to avoid actual work when I can get lost in these worlds. Hope y'all enjoy :)
Losing sucks, but losing the NWSL Championship because of an own goal that you deflected into your own net sucks even worse. In the injury time your Portland Thorns were tied with the North Carolina Courage 1-1 it was a brutal game and you were just trying to grind it out until the whistle so the team could regroup for the extra time. On a wayward back pass the Courage went on a break towards your net, you tracked back to watch Debinha who was sprinting ready for a cross. The cross came in and you knew if you didn’t clear it Debinha would have a clear chance on goal, you stretched but misjudged the ball and it deflected off your shin right into the opposite corner of the net away from your keeper.
You couldn’t believe you just cost your team the championship. You were gutted but had to regroup to play the final minutes. It was less than a minute later when the final whistle went, you fell to your knees and tried to hold it together. You couldn’t bear to see the disappointed looks you knew your teammates had on their faces.
Avoiding any teammates you made the rounds and congratulated the other team and then left the field as soon as possible. You ducked into the change room to grab your phone and then walked away to find a hidden corner so you could call the one person who would understand.
As soon as you called she picked up right away and you knew she watched the game and was waiting for the call “Y/N! It wasn’t your fault, you had to get a touch on that ball or else it would have been a for sure goal. She wouldn’t have missed from there”
Just knowing that the Best women’s footballer in the world, the Ballon D’Or winner, and your best friend since you were kids had your back was enough to finally break down and let the tears out.
You and Alexia had been friends since you were 10 years old, you were the best of friends no matter the distance. Your was a single dad in the military and moved you and him to Barcelona when you were 10. You started school and couldn’t understand the language but this feisty girl stepped right in and defended you anytime anyone would try to bully you. Alexia never let anyone put you down for not knowing the language, and she is the reason you made it through school and learned Spanish.
Even when you decided to move back to the states for school and later signed with Portland while she stayed in Barcelona your friendship never wavered. Late night phone calls for you or early morning ones for her, you both were each others rocks through hard times. When she lost in the Champions league final you were the only one who was able to get through to her, even though you 1000s of kilometres away. You were her biggest cheerleader through the world cup, although you played in the NWSL you never got a chance to play for the USA team so you didn’t even feel bad when you cheered for Spain the whole way through.
You have both been there through the hardest parts of your professional lives, but also your personal ones. When your dad passed away when you were in your 3rd year of Uni, Alexia didn’t hesitate to get on a plane and be there for you, she was your rock during that time and was the only reason you didn’t fail out of uni. To say you both had been there for each other was an understatement, you never failed to talk with her at least once every few days.
You knew deep down that it was not your fault, but having a footballer the caliber of Alexia say these things about you, you knew it was true.
“Hey Y/N, listen to me. You get to wallow tonight and be miserable that your team lost, but you do not get to blame your self. Then tomorrow you are gonna pack and get on the 9pm flight to Barcelona, so that in just over 30 hours you will be here and I will be able to give you the biggest hug to cheer you up” she tells you.
You took a deep breath to calm your tears and responded “I cant wait for one of your magical bear hugs.”
“Let me know once you booked your flight, but go and be with your team. Trust me, they do not blame you, you saved their asses multiple times today to keep the game as close as it was” She tells you.
“Gracias, you are the best, and I cannot wait to see you” You tell her and get ready to face your team.
“See you soon mi amor” Alexia tells you as she hangs up.
You know that she only means that in the way that Spaniards act to their friends, but you cannot help to imagine if she meant it in the way you wanted her to. You had been in love with your best friend since you were 16 and you knew that the feelings were love and not friendship. Alexia never knew, but part of the reason you decided to move back to the states was to distance your self from ruining your friendship. When you both had come out, it became too hard to watch her with other women. You moved to the states hoping distance would help, it never did.
***
Almost 2 days later you were stepping off a plane in Barcelona. With your season ended, and Alexia being in the thick of hers you knew you could stay and be a fan for awhile. You walked out of the airport after collecting your bags and you can see Alexia standing there with a sign saying “Portland Thorns Best Player” and the biggest smile on her face. You cant help but jump into her arms for one of her bear hugs.
You buried your face in her neck to try and hide the tears, and are comforted by her familiar smell. “Ive missed your hugs” you say into her neck.
She pulls back slightly with a smirk “You only missed my hugs? not me too?”
You blush at this and punch her in the shoulder, finally breaking contact with her before you do something silly like kiss her. “Yes smartass, I only came for that hug and now I’m heading off”
She grabs your bags and starts walking towards the exit, she realises you are not following and she turns to you and says “Lies, come on let’s go, we have places to be!”
As you watch her walk away you remember why its so hard to be around her in person. You just have to hope that you can keep your feelings locked up and not let anything slip.
****
The first place she takes you is to her moms house. When you were younger you spent a lot of time here with her family, her mom always treated you like another daughter. Alexia’s mom welcomes you with the biggest hug and you feel like you are back home again. Alba was also like a sister to you and seeing her reminds you why you missed Spain so much.
“So Y/N” Alba starts on you “are you moving back yet, or are you just here to visit?”
“Well why would I want to move back and have to see you more often?” You tell her, she was always the little sister you never had and you loved to tease her.
“You wound me, we all know you came back to see me and not Alexia. She gets enough attentions from literally everyone else” Alba rolls her eyes, you cant help but laugh at the offended look on Alexia’s face.
“Girls enough, Alexia come help me in the kitchen” Alexia’s mom demands of her. Alexia heads to the kitchen and leave you and Alba on the couch.
Alba leans into you and says in a low voice “so are you here to finally tell Alexia that you are in love with her?”
You blush and turn to her and whisper “what? no! Im not in love with her” Alba gives you a look and you slightly panic “Am I that obvious? does she know?”
Alba grabs your hand and tries to calm you “No she’s oblivious, I have known you as long as Ale has and I can tell. You look at her differently. I figured that is why you decided to leave and then stay in the states. I know you had offers from teams in Europe”
You had no idea she knew any of this “Im sorry, its just so hard sometimes to be around her. I do not want to ruin our friendship. Plus she’s dating Jenni and I am not willing to ruin someones relationship”
“She didn’t tell you?” Alba asks you.
At this Alexia walks back into the room and says “Who didn’t tell Y/N what?”
“Nothing, just Alba trying to wind me up for no reason” you respond, but you know that she doesn’t buy it. It’s then that Alexia’s mom comes in and calls you all in for dinner.
***
Later that night you are back at Alexia’s place getting ready for bed, she has a spare room that you are staying in for your time visiting. You hear a knock on your door and Alexia pokes her head in and says “Just so you know, I will be out of here early tomorrow morning. Going to meet Jenni for coffee before our training session. I’ll be back in the afternoon at some point if you want to do some exploring?”
“Alright, I’ll probably try to sleep off some of this jet lag anyway” you tell her. “Goodnight, Ill see you tomorrow at some point”
Alexia bids you goodnight and leaves and softly closes the door. You cant help but feel your heart crack a bit at the knowledge that you will never be the one who gets Alexia like that. You decide then that you are going to suck it up and just be there for Alexia in anyway she lets you. You would rather have your best friend in your life than not at all.
***
Over the course of the next few days you get comfortable in your new dynamic, you know that Alexia notices you acting different. She keeps chalking it up to jet lag. You go to the next home game and get to watch the team up close in action. You have always been amazed by Alexia and how she plays, but you cant help but think she’s levelled up and is so much better than she was last time you watched her.
After the game Alexia brings you down to see the team, you knew quite a few of them from your Barca Academy days and are happy to catch up with them. They all invite you to come out to the club tonight to celebrate their victory. They all head in to shower and you are left in a lounge room waiting.
“Y/N Y/LN?” you hear from behind you, as you turn you realise it is the Barcelona coach and owner looking for you.
You stand up and go to shake their hands, after all the introductions the owner says “We have been watching you since you played in our academy. Now this isn’t news but one of our full backs will be leaving during the winter break, and if you are willing we want to sign you as soon as the trade window opens.”
You are shocked you don’t even know what to say. The coach speaks up next “I used to be on the academy staff when you were there and I always knew you would be a brilliant player one day, I think your talents are wasted in the USA and we want to grow you into your full potential here”
“We know this is a lot to take in, but we knew you were here and wanted to speak to you before your agent does. He has an offer from us and will be reaching out to you with it. Please think on it and let us know what you decide.” The owner tells you.
The both head out and you are left staring into space. That’s how Alexia finds you, “Y/N? are you okay? what happened?” she comes right up to you and put her hands on your cheeks to look into your eyes.
“nothing, just thinking about stuff” you tell her as you pull away. You cant stand the hurt look on her face so you say “Your teams waiting lets go party? Ill tell you about it later”
***
It’s later at the club when the truth finally comes out. You were hanging with the players you knew from your academy days when you can hear arguing and see Alexia and Jenni in a heated discussion.
“Do we know if they are finally done with this silly on and off relationship yet?” Asks Mapi.
Leila replies “Nah, Jenni told me that they’ve never been in a relationship, more just friends with benefits. Apprently Alexia always withdraws when things get serious, Jenni thinks there is someone else”
At this they look over to you “What? She never mentioned anything to me”
“Last I heard was that Jenni wanted more and told Alexia she had to decide what she wanted. Alexia told her she couldn’t and then they were done” Mapi tells the group.
At this point Jenni has wondered over to the group to hear the end of that comment, she turns to you and says “I hope you treat her well.” then she walks away.
Everyone is looking at you for an answer but you have no idea what that comment was about. You set your drink down and turn to follow where you saw Alexia step outside.
When you find Alexia she is sitting on the curb behind the club staring at nothing. “Alexia? are you alright?” you ask her.
She stands and turns to you, as you meet her eyes you can see the tears in the corner of her eyes, “Oh Ale, come here” and you pull her into your arms and let her cry.
After a few moments, she seems to pull her self together and looks up at you and says “Can I tell you something crazy? And hope that it doesn’t ruin our friendship”
You take a deep breath and nod to her, she tries to pull away but you keep a tight grip on her forearms.
“Jenni and I were never serious, she was fun and a distraction.” she tells you, you go to reply but she puts a finger on your lips. She looks into your eyes and says “She was a silly distraction to help me from getting on a plane and seeing you everyday. I am in love with you, I think I have loved you forever. Y/N Im s-“
As soon as she said she loved you, you knew this was the moment. You leaned forward and cut her off before her apology and press your lips to hers. She puts her hands on your hips and pulls you towards her as she deepens the kiss. It feels like forever goes by as you get lost in your best friends lips.
You finally pull away and place a hand on her cheek and say “I am in love with you too. I have been in love with you ever since you stood up to those bullies when we were 10”
A smile spreads on her face “Yeah?”
“Yes, you have always been the one for me” you tell her.
“Lets get out of here” she says as she pulls you towards a waiting taxi.
***
The next morning you wake up with a content smile on your face, as you look down at your best friend who is curled in your arms after one of the best nights in your life.
Your phone beeps on the bedside table, you reach over to grab it without moving the sleeping girl. you notice its an email from your agent. As you read through the email you smile grows and you know that things are going to work out.
“what are you smiling about?” she asks you.
You look down at her and press your lips to her forehead and ask her “how would you like to do this everyday?”
“what do you mean?” She looks up at you confused.
You smile at her and tell her about the impromptu meeting with the Barcelona ownership, and the email now from your agent. “So, will you let me come back to Barcelona?”
“Si, mi amor. I cant wait till I don’t have to watch you leave ever again.” she tells you as she leans up and presses her lips to yours.
You know in your heart that Barcelona was where you are meant to be. It just took you a little bit of time and space to comeback to your love.
you are a super car driver who takes alexia putellas on a joy ride
-fast cars and first contact
alexia putellas’ teammates convince her to finally contact you
-fast cars and expensive dates
you and alexia putellas go on your first date
-fast cars and hard collisions
your girlfriend alexia putellas attends one of your races
notes:
this series is set throughout 2022 formula one scheduled timeline so there may be specific mentions of specific grand prix throughout the series. in saying that though the stories i upload for this series are not written in a specific order but the order that they are placed in on this masterlist are the order they are set in.
if you have any ideas/requests for the series please send them my way i would love to develop this little universe more!
