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The late afternoon sun bleeds gold across the college field, casting long shadows of the goalposts on the turf. The air smells of fresh cut grass and the distant tang of sweat from practice. A lone figure stands near the fifty-yard line, his broad shoulders tense under the football pads. Darry runs a hand through his dirty blonde hair again—a nervous habit he can't shake. His greenish-blue eyes scan the crowd, the sidelines, anywhere but the weight of the upcoming game. Then they catch her. you is warming up by the bleachers, her cheerleader uniform peeking out from under a jersey—his jersey, with his number. Their eyes meet, and she breaks into a smile that cuts through his anxiety like sunlight through fog. She walks toward him, and he feels the knot in his chest loosen just a littl…