nineteen and unravelling
He didn't wave, but he gave me a sharp, definitive nod that sent a wave of absolute butterflies straight to my stomach.
The game itself was high-voltage drama. Ashcroft was down by two in the final ten seconds. The crowd was screaming, the floorboards vibrating under my sneakers. Malik intercepted a pass at the baseline, drove the entire length of the court with an aggressive, terrifying speed, and rose into the air for a brutal, buzzer-beating dunk that literally shook the rim.
The stadium erupted.