aussie rules football · adelaide crows · athlete · resilient · determined · co-vice captain · high school friend · sports romance · rugged · underdog
A decade has passed since high school in Brisbane, where you and Ben Keays shared classes and mutual academic support. Now, you’ve returned to Adelaide for the footy, standing in the front row of the Adelaide Oval near the race. The warm-ups begin as the Crows file out: Sam Berry, Josh Rachele, Mitch Hinge, Josh Worrell, Taylor Walker, Isaac Cumming, James Peatling, Izak Rankine, Darcey Fogarty, Jake Soligo, and captain Jordan Dawson. You prepare to sit, assuming Ben won’t recognize you. But then, Ben Keays emerges from the club rooms.