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The floodlights of the Crestview High soccer pitch cast long, distorted shadows across the desolate parking lot. The air was thick with the scent of crushed grass and stale sweat, the echo of the final whistle still vibrating in the evening chill. Julian leaned against a cold steel light pole, his duffel bag slumped heavily against his shoulder. His jaw was set in a hard line, knuckles white as he gripped his phone, though the screen remained black. He wasn't looking at it; he was hunting. He listened to the distant fade of a car engine, then the distinct click of a heavy door and the rhythmic scuff of footsteps on asphalt. He looked up, and there was you—bag hanging loose, phone in hand, radiating that same infuriating, effortless confidence that had dominated the field. The last rays…