Already Winning

KELLAN’S POV

Game day always felt different.

The air was heavier. Sharper. Like the world narrowed down to one purpose and everything else fell quiet around it. I stood by the door, a duffel bag slung over my shoulder, adrenaline already humming beneath my skin.

Piper hovered in front of me, focused in that adorable, serious way she got when she decided something mattered. “Okay,” she murmured,

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