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  1. Public Bookmark 56

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    Sergio kept his eyes on Luka for another moment before turning back toward the table. The more they talked about him like this, the less amusing the challenge became, particularly after Marcelo’s story about the alpha who had apparently been unable to understand when he was unwanted. “Choose somebody else. If he already spends half his time getting rid of people who won’t leave him alone, I’m not going over there just to become another one.”

    Marcelo groaned and leaned back in his chair. “Come on, Sergio. You’re acting like we’re asking you to stalk him. You talk to him, see if he’s interested, and if he’s not, then that’s it.”

    “Five minutes ago, you were telling me I had to make him date me.”

    “Well, obviously you have to try.”

    “I can try with someone else.”

    Marcelo studied him for a second, and Sergio immediately recognized the direction his thoughts were taking. “So you are worried he’ll reject you.”

    Sergio gave him a flat look. “I’m worried you’re going to become unbearable if I let you keep talking.”

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    31 Aug 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 24

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    “Yes– I, yes my name. I am Sergio,” he stuttered out.

    “Well, nice to meet you Sergio– but you don’t need to flirt with me, I’m going to buy something regardless,” he laughed again, a fleeting smile dancing across his features. His eyes were deep, a sadness lingering in them, expressive and wistful. “My name’s Luka, can I order something?”

    Luka, Luka, he wanted to roll the name around in his mouth, taste its sweetness and its bitterness, and take all that it had to give. He wanted everything that the man had to give, to take it, and cherish it, and call it his. He watched Luka’s hand drum anxiously on the counter– he wanted to lace their fingers together, he wanted to surge across the counter and taste his mouth, feel his breath on his lips. He clenched his fist instead. “Of course,” he hummed, savouring the way Luka’s breath seemed to catch the longer his eyes lingered on his face. “Could I recommend something, or is your mind made up?”

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    divorced forty year old Luka Modric finds himself with a in a bar a few minutes from his new apartment in Madrid. Sergio, recent university graduate, skilled bartender, and playboy falls in love with the older man he meets at his job.

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    26 Aug 2026

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    Luka works as a florist, Sergio is a powerful man.

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    23 Aug 2026

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    Luka can’t remember the last time he touched somebody that wasn’t a dance partner, or a physiotherapist. He can’t think of the last time somebody wanted to touch him.

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    20 Aug 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 58

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    Luka Modrić is tired. Tired of maintaining a picture-perfect facade for the cameras, tired of raising their two boys alone while Iker chases distractions, and tired of a marriage that exists in name only. When a late-night argument brings Iker’s new teammate, nineteen-year-old Sergio Ramos, into their home, Luka expects another arrogant footballer. Instead, he finds an unexpected source of gentleness and genuine care, slowly realizing that someone is finally paying attention.

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    17 Aug 2026