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The Substitute Season

drama◐ Teen
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Theo finished the football essay and hit submit at 11:52. Done. But that night he couldn't sleep. The essay was clean, safe, and totally empty. He kept thinking about how Marcus's real story never made it onto the page at all.

In the morning Theo confessed he'd submitted the safe version. Marcus read it on the screen, his hand throbbing, and went quiet. "It's fine," he finally said. "It's not me, but it's fine." Neither of them believed that, and the silence in the room said so.

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