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45 - Gabriel Finally Goes To The Hospital
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2026-09-06 17:00:55Gabriel's POV
Pain filled every part of me, spreading from my shoulder into my chest with every breath. The turf felt cold against my back. Above me, the stadium lights blurred into white circles.
Players rushed over, their cleats pounding against the ground.
“You good, Davenport?”
“Someone, call the trainer!”
Their voices blended, and I couldn't bring myself to answer. I tried to push up with my good arm, gritting my teeth, but the moment I
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The Captain Wants Me Back! 45 - Gabriel Finally Goes To The Hospital
Gabriel's POVPain filled every part of me, spreading from my shoulder into my chest with every breath. The turf felt cold against my back. Above me, the stadium lights blurred into white circles.Players rushed over, their cleats pounding against the ground.“You good, Davenport?”“Someone, call the trainer!”Their voices blended, and I couldn't bring myself to answer. I tried to push up with my good arm, gritting my teeth, but the moment I shifted my weight, pain shot through my shoulder and down into my ribs.I dropped back onto the turf, breathing hard through my teeth.Roland reached me, dropping to his knees beside me.“Hey. Hey, look at me.” His hands hovered near my shoulders, unsure where it was safe to touch. “What happened? Talk to me.”Ryder was right behind him. He reached under my good arm, trying to help me up.“Easy,” Ryder said, his voice tight. “Easy. Take it slow.”With b
The Captain Wants Me Back! 44 - Gabriel's Shoulder Is Hurt More
Gabriel's POVThe locker room was noisy, the same way it usually was before a game everyone had been waiting weeks for.Pads clattered against benches. Someone's cleats squeaked against the tile too.I sat at my locker, taping my wrist, trying not to think about the ache sitting deep in my shoulder like a stone lodged under the joint.Coach walked in with his clipboard tucked under one arm, and the room quieted almost on its own."Big one tonight," he said, scanning the room. "You all know it, and I know it." He turned towards everyone, then his eyes landed on me. "Davenport, get up here and say something to your team."My eyes widened slightly. I had not expected it.I stood, rolled my shoulders once out of habit, and immediately regretted it when pain shot down my arm. I kept my face still and walked to the front of the room.Every eye in the room landed on me. Roland leaned forward on the bench, elbows on hi
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Joey's POVI blinked, shocked and scared.Juan went on, his voice low and dangerous. "You had no right to walk off with that boy the other night. None. I don't care what you do with your life during the day—school, reading, whatever little world you've built for yourself. But at night, you belong to me. You understand?"I didn't say anything. My jaw was held too tight to speak even if I wanted to.He let go, sitting back and straightening his jacket like nothing had happened."I've been trying to play nice," he said, pulling back onto the road. "Give you room, let you feel comfortable. Seems like that's not working the way I hoped."I remained silent, my heart thundering inside of me."Don't get comfortable enough to forget who I am." His voice had gone flat now. "And if you have forgotten, maybe you should visit your mother. Ask her about me. She'll remind you."I remained silent the rest of the drive… even too scared to think.It was a little past midnight when Juan pulled to a stop
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Joey's POVA woman I had never met pressed cool fingers under my chin and tilted my face toward the light as she applied dark eyeshadow into the crease of my eyelid. Another woman knelt at my feet, slipping a pair of heels higher than anything I owned onto them, fastening the straps.Neither of them talked much. They didn't need to. I sat still and let them work.The dress came last.It was a black fitted dress with stretchy fabric that hugged my body without restricting me. The skirt stopped high on my thighs, and the sides had small cutouts that showed just enough skin. It was made to move with me. The back was cut so low that I felt air linger unhurried in unnatural places.When they finally stepped back and let me see everything in the mirror, I barely recognized myself.I had dark lips... every part of me dressed to look dangerous, like I had been sent to ruin a man's night on purpose.A diva straight from hell, polished until she shone, with my black mask in place.But I didn't
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Gabriel's POVMy shoes hit the track in a steady rhythm.I kept my eyes ahead, refusing to slow even as pain spread from my shoulder down my arm. One lap became three, then four. My lungs burned, sweat soaked my shirt, but I didn’t stop.I threw myself into training the next morning as if it might fix something, running routes until my lungs burned, pushing through every rep even as my shoulder screamed louder with each hit.I didn't talk much. Didn't want to. Every time someone tried to make conversation, I gave them the shortest answer I could manage and kept moving. Moving was easier than sitting still with everything currently crowding my head.Anna walked past the field around midmorning, cutting across toward the science building with a friend. She glanced over, caught my eye for a second, and looked away without a single change of expression, like I was nothing more than scenery.I deserved that.I hadn't meant to leave the way I had the night before. We had finished, and I had
The Captain Wants Me Back! 40 - Gabriel Is Not Okay
Gabriel's POVI drove home with my jaw clenched so tight it ached, Joey's voice looping in my head no matter how many times I tried to shove it out.'Maybe I really am more like my mother than I ever wanted to be.'She was lying. She had to be lying. It was definitely some twisted performance meant to hurt me, to make me feel exactly as unsteady as she had felt standing in that parking lot three nights ago.That was all it was. A weapon aimed and thrown, nothing real behind it.I told myself that the entire drive home. I told myself that when I pulled into the driveway, when I walked up to the front door, and as I stood there for a second before I even went inside.I didn't believe it. Not really. That was the part that made me want to put my fist through something. Because if it wasn't a performance, if there had been even a shred of truth buried in what she said, then she had made me fall for her and used me all those years ago.Shit!I needed something else to think about. Anything
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