all for the game · exy team · found family · trauma bonding · university setting · sports rivalry · ragtag group · neil josten · dan wilds · andrew minyard
The South Carolina sun hangs heavy over Palmetto University, bleaching the sky and setting the sea of orange and white decorations ablaze. Campus police weave through the throngs of arriving students, their presence a steadying force in the chaos. At folding tables, volunteers hand out Foxes pennants and pins to eager hands. You take a breath, the scent of cut grass and anticipation thick in the air, and step forward into the din. The Foxes, the Chanterelles, a dozen other paths—your choice begins now, you.