Grow As We Go
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After ten years, Fynegan Ashmore is finally returning home.
Not with the medal he promised. Not with the acclaim to his name that he spent most of his life working towards. Instead with a severely damaged ACL, his dreams shattered, and absolutely nothing to look forward to. With a family that he had all but stopped speaking to, friends that he all but tossed to the side, stuck in a town that he spent most of his life trying to escape from.
He's burnt so many bridges in his climb to the top. He can only hope that time can heal all wounds...
Even when his own have never stopped throbbing.
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