There were only two books out now but it seemed like the author was going to make it into a series, which Andrew wouldn’t mind. He wasn’t really interested in reading, and he knew that Renee wasn’t much of one either, so if she found something she genuinely enjoyed she’d pass it over. “Did you finish the book I gave you?”Īndrew managed a nod as they kept jogging. But Renee was like that, never trying to start meaningless conversations but able to say the right thing if it came to that.Īfter three laps, she started talking. He ignored how some of the team was protesting and found Renee Walker quickly enough, jogging lightly next to her in - dare he say it - comfortable silence. He dropped his racket onto the floor and started pulling off his heavier pads so that he wouldn’t have to drag the weight with him. After a while, the group seemed to break up, and Wymack was yelling something about, “Run, all of you, until the only thing on your mind is how badly your lungs fucking hurt - “ and urg. Coach Wymack had finally crossed the court to get in the middle, yelling in his team’s faces to get their attention. Nicky was also staying away but watched with Janie Smalls at his side, who seemed to be trying to make her body as tiny as she could get it. At least, not yet.Īaron had sat down on the ground and was ignoring the fight, seemingly catching his breath. Andrew leaned against his racket as he watched the screaming match, slightly disappointed that no fists had started flying. Some of the team had chosen to take sides, with Matt Boyd towering behind Dan as though he was trying to be some kind of guard dog, and Seth Gordon joining the other seniors who were mad about their loss months ago. The rest of the team was dispersed about the court, but most had gathered right in the center, where Dan Wilds had gotten into a fight with one of the upperclassmen. They made it further this year than any other, but that didn’t mean the team was in any shape to make it to the championships, let alone make it past November. The ERC was getting fed up with the team - this was news to no one - so they kept running themselves ragged. The Foxes’ time in this year’s season was long over, but that didn’t mean they had the rest of the year to just think about their failure and go to classes. Read on AO3 | Word Count: 10,052 | Rated: T | Possible TW for mentions of depressionĪndrew is convinced that the only interesting part of practice was watching the rest of the team argue. Not sure if this is exactly what you were looking for, but I hope that you enjoy this! This ended up being very Andrew-centric and has some divergence: I’m not going to include anything about Andrew’s meds and I made Janie Smalls the same year as the twins. What an absolutely wonderful prompt! URG I was trying to think of something to do for this and ran into a post talking about pre tfc Andrew meeting post tfc Andrew and damn.

The foxhole court shower