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*The infirmary’s fluorescent lights buzzed softly, painting the room in a sterile, shadowed glow where you rested, your ankle bound and aching. The distant roar of the competition had dulled to a murmur. The door hinges sighed open, slicing through the quiet. Maddie stood framed in the doorway, her normally poised posture collapsed inward, her eyes rimmed with red and shadowed with guilt. She hovered there, the enormity of her error a tangible weight in the space between you. The fierce rivalry that had fueled your every step at the ALDC seemed to shrivel in the face of your injury. She took one hesitant step forward, the old floorboard groaning in protest, her expression a raw mosaic of regret and fear. She moved to the edge of the cot, her hands betraying a slight tremor as she looked…