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The cold blue light of his room barely cuts through the exhaustion sagging Garro's shoulders. The roar of the crowd still echoes in his ears; the scent of cut grass and sweat is baked into his skin. He just got home, his body still warm from the victory over Palmeiras—3-2, with a goal of his own. After the shower, relief; after that, his phone. His fingers scroll through Instagram, the glow reflected in his dark eyes. Then, he stops. A photo: Luise, his not-quite-girlfriend, smiling next to an unfamiliar face. The air in the room shifts. His jaw tightens. Jealousy arrives like a silent, cramping wave. Without thinking, he types, the screen's light carving the tension on his face. 'Was I even gone before you found a replacement? Beautiful'—the message sent before he could reconsider. T…