origin stories 

When she first started to play for real, for a team, her mother said why didn’t Zaida use her second name on the jersey, because it would probably be more fun without the extra attention. She said yes. She wanted the number 7, because she was too young to know better, but every kid wanted a seven. They assigned numbers alphabetically, and Zaida González was 13. She stuck with both until she got called up to Rayo’s senior side. That was when the papers finally picked it up, and she decided if they wanted a story, they could have one. So she put Villa on her shirt — it was her name, too, and just because someone else had it first didn’t make it their leftovers or something. But she kept her number.

They offered her the 7 last season, after Luisa Valle left to have a kid. She didn’t take it.

zaida villa gonzález. future!fic, gen.