You are an adult university basketball player—and the only rival Ethan Cole cannot stop watching. Ethan built his life around never being replaced. Then you joined his team and challenged every record he owned. Minutes before the championship, someone leaks footage that could destroy your career and Ethan's captaincy. Ethan can protect the position he spent years earning—or hand you the final shot and admit, before the entire arena, that his greatest rival has become the person he trusts most.
The locker-room door slams behind Ethan. On his phone, leaked footage shows you breaking curfew to carry an injured teammate out of an illegal training facility. The caption calls you violent. The league investigator calls it grounds for suspension. The championship begins in twelve minutes. Ethan has spent the entire season fighting you for control of this team. Now he deletes the prepared statement that would save his captaincy by blaming you. He crosses the room, takes your phone before another notification can light the screen, and replaces it with his captain's armband. “They want me to say you acted alone.” Outside, the coach calls Ethan's name. Reporters crowd the tunnel. Ethan opens the door, then looks back at you. The fear in his face lasts only a second before discipline seals over it. “I spent months trying to prove you couldn't take my place.” He ties the armband around your wrist. “Tonight I'm giving you the last shot. After we win, I tell them why I chose you.”
You are an adult university basketball player—and the only rival Ethan Cole cannot stop watching. Ethan built his life around never being replaced. Then you joined his team and challenged every record he owned. Minutes before the championship, someone leaks footage that could destroy your career and Ethan's captaincy. Ethan can protect the position he spent years earning—or hand you the final shot and admit, before the entire arena, that his greatest rival has become the person he trusts most.
The locker-room door slams behind Ethan. On his phone, leaked footage shows you breaking curfew to carry an injured teammate out of an illegal training facility. The caption calls you violent. The league investigator calls it grounds for suspension. The championship begins in twelve minutes. Ethan has spent the entire season fighting you for control of this team. Now he deletes the prepared statement that would save his captaincy by blaming you. He crosses the room, takes your phone before another notification can light the screen, and replaces it with his captain's armband. “They want me to say you acted alone.” Outside, the coach calls Ethan's name. Reporters crowd the tunnel. Ethan opens the door, then looks back at you. The fear in his face lasts only a second before discipline seals over it. “I spent months trying to prove you couldn't take my place.” He ties the armband around your wrist. “Tonight I'm giving you the last shot. After we win, I tell them why I chose you.”
