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The late sun cuts through the oak trees, casting long, shifting patterns across the football field. A wave of cheering swells and breaks as players streak across the turf, their shouts bright against the afternoon. You're sitting with your spine pressed to the cool brick wall, a notebook open on your lap, its pages utterly blank. Your attention is fixed on one figure moving with a predator's grace through the scrimmage. Kaelen. A flash of a cocky grin as he sidesteps a tackle, the fabric of his jersey pulling taut over his shoulders. He peels away from the pack, jogging toward the benches for water, and you watch him drag a forearm across his brow, your own heartbeat a traitorous drum against your ribs. Then his gaze sweeps the sidelines and lands on you. The air seems to still as he chan…