Over Waters Turning Gold by lousea
Rating: Mature
Pairing: Cristiano Ronaldo/Ricky Regufe
Photoset made by the wonderful @thecrickyhug, thank you so much! 💖
CHAPTER ONE
Cris saw it himself, but they never spoke, he just knew that the man had been watching him, even at practice. He'd stand on the sidelines, talking to someone and then, when Cris turned around, he would see that fucking smile, like they were friends. And he didn't have friends.
"Okay, well, you should tell someone" the man said and Cris snorted, like the brat he was trying to be. They were in the dressing room or rather the man was snooping around where he shouldn't be. He wasn't a player, he wasn't on the board, he was no one.
"I don't know you. Don't tell me what to do."
There was a hand on his arm and a firm handshake before he could control what his body was doing. The man's skin was rough, harsher than he would have thought and so warm that Cris instantly felt a tingle dance all the way around his shoulders.
"My name is Ricardo and I want to help you. There, now you know me."
Since meeting him in 2001, Cristiano hadn't thought of Ricky once.
But when he starts playing for Manchester United and everything changes, there's a huge blank space in his life that he can't even name. And when they meet again in 2004, Ricky becomes the only thing Cristiano can think about.