[Pre-collection] [Opening date undecided]
Rafael Sanzio, known to fans as the Little Bishop, was a promising young talent from AC Milan's youth academy.
At his first training session after returning to Milanello in 1997, someone hit him over the head with a football, knocking him out.
He was twenty-two that year, and in his dream, he and the captain had been married for twenty years.
His husband's fortieth birthday cake, love at first sight in Rome, their daughter's birth, and all the tackling techniques his husband had taught him over the years.
Fuck! That dream was actually real! Rafael's match experience and tackling skills suddenly skyrocketed!
After waking up, Rafael pretended nothing had happened. But he still stole glances at his captain, unconsciously following him with his eyes.
It was all a dream. It was all a dream! The dream wasn't real! Rafael warned himself again.
Until the night before the World Cup final, when Rafael, unable to sleep, climbed into the captain's bed.
I'm used to your embrace now. Will you hold me one last time?
Paolo Maldini had recently acquired some strange memories.
Was the dream real? Of course it was! At that moment, AC Milan's captain firmly believed that the dream was real!
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Content warning: The protagonist spends twenty years in the dream as a woman.
A bittersweet romance, expected to be around 200,000 words. I'll start if there's an audience.
There won't be much description of the matches. The focus is mainly on the two characters' interactions.
Theme: Stand at the center of the world and call for love
