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The Substitute Season

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Theo decided not to wake Marcus again. He'd write a draft, save it, and let his brother approve every word in the morning. He typed carefully, trying to sound like Marcus and not like himself. The cursor finally stopped blinking and started moving.

Theo finished the draft but couldn't stop tweaking it, polishing until it stopped sounding like Marcus at all. By morning it was good, just not his brother's. Marcus read it and frowned. "This is a great essay. It's just not mine." They had to start over.

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