Tentatively stockpiling chapters for now. I'll start posting once Cat is finished.
Lorenzo Pirlo is a very busy man.
Busy using the mind of a music conductor from his previous life to compose "funeral marches" for his opponents on the pitch;
Busy using his tyrannical conducting style to keep his teammates firmly in line;
And busy looking down on his superstar father for his ongoing, all-around infidelity.
As Pirlo's eldest son, he refuses to live in anyone's shadow.
From center-back to box-to-box midfielder,
he is the one and only king of midfield. Not a single discordant note is allowed in his "composition"!
Until he turns his childhood friend Daniel into the sharpest sword, until one long pass makes all of Europe remember:
It's no longer Lorenzo who belongs to Pirlo. From now on, Pirlo belongs to Lorenzo!
But fate loves to play tricks.
When a hidden lung condition forces him to stop, when the club's cold-heartedness drives Maldini away...
The crown prince is cast out. His crown princess, put up for sale, declares to the whole world: "Juventus? I'd rather play in Serie B!"
Then, just like that, Milan's crown princess is whisked home by Arsenal.
The Premier League's hulking bruisers are rubbing their hands together, eager to teach this "consumptive" genius a lesson.
Lorenzo loosens his collar and curls his lips into a smile:
"Come on. I'll teach you what it means to truly dominate the midfield."
The reports call Lorenzo a lunatic on the pitch, a tyrant, a terrible leader.
His teammates neither confirm nor deny it.
After all, their team brain is the one who can say, "His (Old Pirlo's) talent was a gift from God, while my system is a Tower of Babel that ordinary people can climb."
Maldini: Huh? Tyrant? Who, Loren?
#RebornAndNowImTheMidfieldTyrant#
#ISetUpMyChildhoodFriend#
#HeardYouWantToPickOnMeBecauseMyLungsAreWeak?#
#AnElegantPause, HasNothingToDoWithThatPirloGuy,Right?#
Note:
! This story focuses more on a player's growth and the messy antics of a star's kid. (The Pirlo divorce is one thing in real life and another in fiction. People are complicated.)
! The protagonist will move to the Premier League later on. The club is still full of awful people who only care about money, but at least he'll get to play.
! The protagonist is rather arrogant and domineering, and only becomes more steady and restrained around his childhood friend. The romance is a slow burn. The tentative pairing is Maldini and Daniel, and I'm still debating whether to give Daniel a power-up.
Theme: Find yourself and hold on to who you are.
