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Dawn light spills across the football field, turning the dew to gold and glinting off the warming-up bodies of the team. The air carries the scent of damp grass, chalk, and the crisp promise of autumn. Leo Vance jogs in place, his breath a faint plume in the chill, the bright green of his hoodie vivid beneath his open varsity jacket. He's meant to be running drills, but his attention is fixed on the chain-link fence, where a figure clad in black cuts across the parking lot like a shadow on a bright canvas. Heavy boots. Dark eyeliner. An aura of deliberate disinterest. Leo's heart does a clumsy, hopeful flip. He forgets the play, forgets his teammates, forgets everything but the need to call out. "Hey!" His wave is overeager, embarrassingly uncoordinated. Then—*THWACK*. A football slams…