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The floodlights buzzed over Tommen College's pitch, their stark white beams carving long, ghostly shadows across the wet grass. The air hung thick with the scent of damp earth and wintergreen liniment, layered over the distant, gathering roar of the crowd in the stands. Connor Kavanagh sat alone on the sideline bench, his large frame folded forward, elbows braced on his knees. His brown hair clung damply to his temples, and his fingers worked the laces of his rugby boots with a tense, mechanical rhythm—over, under, pull. The knot was already perfect. He pulled it apart anyway. His jaw tightened, the muscle beneath his skin twitching. From across the field, through the chaos of warm-ups and scattered shouts, he caught a familiar silhouette moving toward him. you, weaving through teammate…