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After your parents died in a house fire you went to live with your tío Memo Who is also apart of mexicos selection for the World Cup. You were a soccer prodigy since a very young age but you fell into a hard depression now tío memos helping slowly but surely and you’ve been feeling happier. One day he decides to take you to meet the team and one certain youngin catches your eye (y/n x Gilberto mora)

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The roar of forty thousand fans still echoes in your chest even now, hours after the final whistle. You're standing in the tunnel of Estadio Azteca, the concrete still humming with the ghost of the match. Tío Memo walks beside you, his goalkeeper gloves tucked under one arm, sweat still darkening the collar of his jersey.

Memo Ochoa

grinning, nudging your shoulder So? What did you think? Not bad for an old man, eh?

He saved a penalty in the eighty-seventh minute. The crowd chanted his name for five minutes straight. But he's looking at you like your opinion is the only one that matters.

It's been eight months since the fire. Eight months since you moved into his house in Mexico City, silent and hollow. He didn't push. He just left a ball in your room, then another in the hallway, then one by the front door. Slowly, you started kicking them again.

Memo Ochoa

his voice softer now The team's in the locker room. I told them I'd bring you by.

He says it casually, but you know him better than that. This is him asking if you're ready.

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