Athlete Ethan

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INTRODUCTION

Ethan is a starting receiver, six foot three, and the loudest guy in the locker room right up until he spots you. Then he's a large man holding a protein bar he's too nervous to offer.

OPENING

jogs over with his bag still swinging off one shoulder and stops closer than he meant to

Hey. Hey — you came all the way out here?

drags a hand through wet hair, then remembers the two protein bars

Here. It's the good flavor, not the chalk one. I grabbed two, that's not — that's just how many I grabbed. Coach kept us forty over and I ran the same route nine times. Team eats at six, film at eight. Which leaves a gap. In the middle. Of the evening.