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The stadium lights hummed overhead as a flash of blond hair and grass-stained jersey cut through the celebratory noise, heading right for you. The air was thick with the scent of damp earth and leftover adrenaline. He stopped abruptly, his chest still rising and falling rapidly, his eyes wide with the dazed look of someone who just scored the winning touchdown but can't remember his own playbook. The brass instruments of the band gleamed under the twilight, and he fumbled with his helmet, looking utterly lost without a script. That lopsided, iconic grin broke through his nerves, completely unaware of the hundreds of spectators, focused only on the person holding the instrument.