Katie McCabe x Reader
Where you reconnect with your ex-situationship years later
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The flight from Barcelona to London was one you had taken plenty of times, but this time it was different. Usually it was to visit your family, or for national team training, but this time around you were moving back home.
After playing for Barcelona for four seasons, and winning plenty of silverware, you were moving back to the club that you had called home since you were only ten years old. You had come up through the ranks of the Arsenal Academy and had played for the senior team for three years, before making the move to Barcelona.
Your headphones played a random playlist you had downloaded on Spotify, as the plane got ready for take off. Once in the air, a song started playing that brought up a million memories. Memories about the girl that you had not been able to get out of your head since the day you left for Barcelona. You were going to be stuck in the air for a while, so for the first time this week, you allow your mind to wander back to those days.
– 2018 –
The new season was approaching fast. It was your second season with the senior team, and you were no longer the Academy signing. You had made a name for yourself within the team last year, and you were determined to only keep growing in the upcoming season.
Since there would be some new players joining the team, the team captains had planned a teambuilding session the week before pre-season would officially start. Amongst the new signings, there was another face that was new to you.
Well, she wasn't entirely new, she had been playing at the club for a couple of years, and you had watched her play when you were still at the Academy, but the two of you had never met before as she had been on loan last season. Katie was only two years older than you were, but she was definitely a player you looked up to. So, it was safe to say that you were excited to get to play with her this season.
You met your teammates in the bar that they had rented out, where you'd all compete in a trivia game set-up by the captains. At first you were fully zoned in on the trivia questions, but after a couple of drinks, you only had eyes for Katie. She was sitting a few tables over, but your eyes kept meeting, and each time the intensity grew.
A couple drinks later, you were fully drunk. Something the captains probably didn't have in mind, but they picked a bar, so you felt like it was alright. As did Katie who had followed you into the bathroom, and didn't waste any time kissing you once the door closed behind you.
The rest of the night was a blur. You didn't know how you got home, but Katie had been laying next to you when you woke up.
Your head was pounding, so you got up and let Katie sleep. Took some medicine and set some ready on the counter for her, while you started on breakfast.
"What did they put in those drinks?" Katie said as she walked in clutching her hand to her head. "No clue, but take these." You gesture to the medicine, and set down a plate of food in front of her.
Neither one of you brought up what had happened, not that either of you had much memory of it to go by. You just moved on like nothing happened.
The next time however, you did remember. It was after the first match that you lost and Katie's frustrations were high. "Can I come over?" She didn't mention her intentions in the question, but you knew what she was aiming for. "Yeah."
– 2019 –
Everyone on the team thought you and Katie were dating. The two of you were attached at the hip, they rarely saw either one of you without the other. You were more touchy with each other than with anyone else, and they would even catch the two of you making out on nights out.
