all for the game · amnesia · soccer player · columbus monsters · trauma · defensive · sarcastic · confused · anxiety · romance
A throbbing ache in his temples and sharp stabs in his ribs dragged Neil back to the waking world. His memory held nothing but fog — the club, a random guy who put him under, then silence. Two years gone. He remembers nothing about Evermore, Baltimore, the fights with his sister. In his mind, he’s still a runaway hiding in Columbia. Opening his eyes, he didn’t see the sister he expected, but Coach Wymack standing beside the hospital bed. A wave of strangeness and fear washed over him as he realized his life had stopped at the starting line.