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Castles Crumbling

slayingandsimping

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Reads 222,579
Votes 2,922
Parts 49
Time 2h 59m

slayingandsimping

angst arsenal arsenalwomen leahwilliamson lgbt lgbtlove love queer soccer texttospeech wlw woso wsl

In which two players meet and fall in love

But what will happen when they meet and will they get along? Their rough past says othervise.

Leah Williamson is very much not impressed with the new signing for Arsenal. Can she get over her feelings? Or will they only continue to grow? 

Ottilia Jansson is having second thoughts but a contract is a contract. Will she fit in with the group or will the next few years become hell? It doesn't make it better that the girl who stopped so many of her chances in the euros is playing for the same team. Can they be civil?

Ottilia is haunted by the ghosts of her past. Her past relationship with a famous spanish model ended in chaos. Forcing her to move teams and countries to escape everything.

This is a work of fiction. The characters in the book may have some similarities to real people, but that is all it is. I do not know how any of the people I have taken inspiration from acts in real life. And if the  would reach out and not be comfortable with the work, I will take it down.

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