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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 office never replied. Friday came and went. The football essay was the one on file, and that was that. Marcus shrugged it off, but Theo carried the guilt for weeks, wishing he'd just written the true thing the first time.

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