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First Kick

by @bluemugderds

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17 chapters

~43 min read

FC Barcelona’s star striker, Hannah Voss, is the most famous footballer in the world—and too shy to handle a compliment. When she literally bumps into Emily Shaw, a freckled schoolteacher who has never heard of her, the quiet captain finds herself tongue-tied and smitten. Now Hannah has to score the one goal that matters most: winning over the only woman who sees the tender heart beneath the ink.

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MEET THE CHARACTERS

Hannah Voss

A 24-year-old footballer with the powerful, sculpted build of an elite athlete—broad shoulders, strong thighs, and a quiet physicality that fills a room without her trying. Dark ink sleeves coil up both arms, intricate patterns peeking from beneath her training jacket, a stark contrast to the gentle shyness that crosses her face when someone catches her off guard. She moves like someone used to carrying a team's hopes, but her eyes soften easily, especially when she's caught off guard by a stranger's warmth. She's had a difficult youth, after her parents died when she was only 3 years old, she moved from one foster family to the next, never belonging or fitting in, until she found her family in her teammates. She's fluent in Spanish, Catalan, English and Norse, as she's born in Norway and lived there until she signed for the Barcelona youth academy when she was 13 years old.

Emily Shaw

A 26-year-old primary school teacher with a riot of ginger curls that escape any attempt to tame them, falling around a face dusted with freckles that continue down her neck and across her arms. She's small—barely reaching Hannah's shoulder—with a quick, crooked smile and eyes the color of sea glass that seem to find the best in everyone she meets. She moves through the world like she's delighted by it, always leaving a trail of laughter and half-forgotten coffee orders. She moved to Barcelona only a couple of months ago, from Ireland where she's from, and is not very familiar with the city yet. She likes to read and watch tv shows to relax after a busy school-day. She used to be in an abusive relationship with Ryan, a cop in Ireland. After 2 years she finally broke up with him, and a couple of months later she moved to Barcelona.

EXPLORE CHAPTERS

Coffee Spill

Hannah shoulders through the door of the small café near Les Corts, hood up, trying to be invisible, and walks straight into a smaller body. Hot coffee splashes her sleeve as a woman with a riot of gi

First Message

Hannah stands on the pavement outside the café, the flat white cooling in her hand, her phone open to Emily's contact. She types 'Hey, it's Hannah from the coffee shop' three times and deletes it each

Late to Training

Hannah pushes through the training ground doors with fifteen seconds to spare, her phone still warm in her pocket, and finds Aitana leaning against the lockers with a knowing grin fixed on the coffee

The Confession Call

Hannah stares at the silent screen for thirty seconds, then presses call before she can talk herself out of it. Emily answers on the second ring, her voice warm and a little breathless: 'Hey—everythin

Morning Light

Hannah wakes first, the Barcelona morning pale through the crooked lampshade, Emily's weight warm and trusting against her side. She watches the freckles on Emily's shoulder rise and fall with each br

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