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It's Going To Take A Lot To Drag Me Away From You

Series Metadata

Series begun:: 2010-11-10
Series updated:: 2012-05-05
Works included:: 8
Complete:: Yes
Word count:: 29,061
Author:: meretricula
Description:: Everybody knows Barcelona's midfielders are psychic anyway. (Soulbonding AU)
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Listing Series

the best luck I had was you by meretricula

Football RPF, FC Barcelona RPF
10 Nov 2010
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Summary

The year is 2004 and the setting is Camp Nou: the coach is Frank Rijkaard, the president is Joan Laporta, and the midfielders are just a little bit psychic.

Series
- Part 1 of It's Going To Take A Lot To Drag Me Away From You
Words:

7,543

Chapters:

1/1

Comments:

2

Kudos:

5

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326
it's been a long time since I've seen you smile by meretricula

Football RPF
18 Feb 2012
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In 2006, the World Cup is held in Germany: Andres Iniesta receives his first call-up to the senior national team, Xavi Hernandez's behavior escalates from mild neurosis into the realm of the genuinely bizarre, and Spain's campaign for the title ends once again not with a bang but an inglorious whimper.

Series
- Part 2 of It's Going To Take A Lot To Drag Me Away From You
Words:

11,324

Chapters:

1/1

Comments:

2

Kudos:

3

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173
the distance from here to where you'd be by meretricula

Football RPF
5 May 2012
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David Villa learns some surprising things about Xavi Hernandez during the 2009 Confederations Cup.

Series
- Part 3 of It's Going To Take A Lot To Drag Me Away From You
Words:

587

Chapters:

1/1

Comments:

1

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76
I hope this song will guide you home by meretricula

Football RPF, FC Barcelona RPF
22 Feb 2011
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Summary

Andres gets hurt. Everyone reacts accordingly. (In the immortal words of Astolat, where would fandom be if we only used the good plots once?)

Series
- Part 4 of It's Going To Take A Lot To Drag Me Away From You
Words:

2,612

Chapters:

1/1

Kudos:

3

Hits:

284
and we are all together by meretricula for stickmarionette

Football RPF
1 May 2012
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Everyone told Leo two things afterward: he'd been stupid, and he'd been lucky.

Series
- Part 5 of It's Going To Take A Lot To Drag Me Away From You
Words:

3,779

Chapters:

1/1

Comments:

2

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87
we are the next time around by meretricula

Football RPF, FC Barcelona RPF
2 Aug 2011
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In which things go horribly, horribly wrong. (AU future of The Best Luck I Had Was You.)

Series
- Part 6 of It's Going To Take A Lot To Drag Me Away From You
Words:

1,618

Chapters:

1/1

Kudos:

3

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343
all the things we did and didn't do by meretricula

Football RPF
8 Jan 2012
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Summary

Gerard calls in the cavalry. (part of the same AU branch as we are the next time around)

Series
- Part 7 of It's Going To Take A Lot To Drag Me Away From You
Words:

572

Chapters:

1/1

Comments:

1

Kudos:

5

Hits:

207
put our able hands to labor by meretricula

Football RPF
5 Mar 2012
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Nothing bad will ever happen to Leo if Cesc and Gerard have anything to say about it. (AU of an AU, follows all the things we did and didn't do)

Series
- Part 8 of It's Going To Take A Lot To Drag Me Away From You
Words:

1,026

Chapters:

1/1

Comments:

1

Kudos:

3

Hits:

208