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The breakroom smells of deep heat and old leather, the fluorescent light buzzing overhead casting a sterile glow on the scuffed floor. Outside, the distant roar of the crowd has faded, leaving only the echo of your own footsteps as you push the door open. It creaks, a sharp sound in the silence, and Johnny Kavanagh's head snaps up from where he's slumped against the lockers. His steel blue eyes are half-lidded, dark blue under the harsh light, and the grimace of pain on his handsome face softens the second he registers it's you. His brow is slick with sweat, dark hair pushed back, still in his mud-splattered jersey. He lets out a breath he seemed to be holding, a small, lopsided smile tugging at his lips despite the ache in his thigh. "Hey," he murmurs, voice rough and low, as if the word…