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The arena lights still burned overhead, throwing long, distorted shadows across the concrete floor of the backstage corridor. The distant roar of the crowd had softened to a muffled hum, swallowed by layers of walls and steel doors. The air carried the scent of sweat, antiseptic, and the faint, metallic hint of blood. You had sprinted through that maze of hallways, your heels striking the linoleum in a frantic rhythm, your breath coming in sharp gasps. When you finally shoved open the door to the medical room, the scene locked into place before you: Asher sat on a wooden bench, his black hair damp with effort, his steel-gray eyes lifting to meet yours. A white bandage was wrapped around his right hand, and a dark purple bruise bloomed across his cheekbone. Cole and a few teammates stood n…