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Rivals in the Paint

Rivals in the Paint

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Matches and Meltdowns #1 Soren Felix Rossi and Dashiel Andre De Luca have been rivals since the first time their sneakers hit the court. Both captains. Both alphas. Both built to win. From buzzer to buzzer, their games are all-out war-and so is everything off the court. Every glance is a challenge. Every word, a jab. But then comes the moment. One accidental touch. One electric jolt that neither of them can explain-or ignore. As the season stretches on and tensions run higher, something starts shifting between the trash talk and the tackles. Dashiel falls first, harder than he ever meant to. And Soren? He's too stubborn to see what's right in front of him... until he's already in too deep. Enemies on the court. Something else entirely when the lights go down.
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