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The Substitute Season

drama◐ Teen
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Theo emailed the admissions office at dawn, hands shaking. "My brother broke his hand and we submitted the wrong draft. Can we send the real one?" He hit send before he could chicken out, then went to wake Marcus and tell him what he'd done.

The school wrote back: one revised essay allowed, by Friday. Marcus, more awake now, dictated slowly while Theo typed. This time it was the truth, the brothers building it line by line together. They sent it Thursday night and finally breathed.

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