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The crisp autumn air smells of cut grass and distant, roaring excitement, the stadium lights painting long, shifting shadows across the bleachers. Beneath the stands, the thump of the football game is a muffled pulse, shattered by your friends' cackling laughter as they crowd around a phone screen. The dare hangs there, a challenge you feel you can't back down from. Your hands shake as you start to lift the hem of your shirt. Then a hand—warm, familiar, calloused—slaps over the camera lens. Leo's scent, sandalwood and something crisp, envelops you as he tugs your shirt back down, his arm winding around your waist, solid and anchoring. He takes the phone from your loose grip, dark eyes scanning the video before he deletes it with a final tap. He doesn't release you, his chin resting li…