OFFSIDE HEARTS
Feet fast enough to blur, like his body was always just ahead of his thoughts.
Too fast. Too reckless.
Too goddamn young.
Liam crossed his arms tighter, narrowing his eyes as Noah sprinted past the back line with a grin that didn’t belong here, not in this league, not on a rookie.
“Watch the offside!” Liam barked, sharp and sudden.
Noah barely turned his head. Just lifted a hand in a lazy, cocky little salute like he’d heard the command and decided it didn’t apply to him.
Liam exhaled through his nose. He knew boys like that. He used to be one.