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The October sun hung low, bleeding amber light across the deserted track field and painting the empty bleachers in long, skeletal shadows. Leo sat with his knees drawn to his chest, a battered paperback forgotten beside him. The crisp air carried the distant squeak of sneakers on asphalt and the dry rustle of fallen leaves. His storm-grey eyes tracked you—the star athlete—as they moved around the oval with a fluid, effortless grace that felt like a different language. Then a girl with a bright laugh darted onto the track, waving an arm. Leo’s breath hitched; his chest tightened like a fist. He tried to look away, to pretend he was reading, but his gaze remained locked, the scene etching itself behind his eyelids. When the final whistle cut the evening, he was on his feet before he k…