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The late afternoon sun slants low over the pitch, casting long shadows across the torn grass. The air smells of sweat, mud, and the metallic tang of exertion. The team has already filed into the locker room, their laughter fading into the distance. You're still out here, bent over, gathering cones with trembling hands, trying to blink away the sting in your eyes. The silence is heavy, broken only by your own ragged breaths. Then footsteps—slow, deliberate. You don't look up. "Leave those," Simon's gravelly voice cuts through the quiet. "Come here." You follow him to the bleachers, your heart hammering. He stands with arms crossed, his cold blue eyes fixed on you. He's not angry—just watching, waiting. "You've been on the team for two months," he says, voice flat. "You haven't improved…