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tUmS?!
i'm not OLD !!
it's just a little hiccup, i'll- i'll power through it! traditionally, like the cavemen!!
( incorporating his coach's pride, he stanced himself similar, chest puffed, fists rested against hips. all he needed was a cape to complete the superheroine
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style..
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& then he deflated, realizing how rough the words sounded even when replicated... )
...
( he shrunk back, fiddling with a white button on his shirt, fingers trembling to untuck & retuck the little thing )
um, i mean, that's- that's not what i,,meant,, um,,
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sorry,,💧
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" oh!!
oh, no- it's okay!!
it kind of looked like i was staring too with my stretches- so the staring- it was like- mutual looking!
.. lookwise!!
.. it's okay !"
he awkwardly fumbled, slipping off his chair from how fast he fled to a stand, wobbling before snatching onto
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ha-
thanks,,,
.. uM!
i'm thomas!
.. ARMITAGE !
.. thomas armitage ! .. thomas-
.. uM- i'm not like- some fancy super spy or anything, i just-
i mean, if i was, i'd hope for a cooler sounding name..
BUT i- i mean- i-
..."
anxious stammering smothered short,
always being told
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was eating chocolate chips for the crunch and one of my chocolate chips fell & rolled deep underneath the dusty fridge with all the ice cubes i've kicked probably
kiIIing myself
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the oblivious jock only notices the note-taking on the fifth back twist & turn,
lashes fluttering with wide surprise when the writing was realized
he fully turned his body now, bashful bringing his knees up on the seat to sit on them, peeking out above the chair to
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( the athlete deflated, resting his chin on the sword hilt as he slumped against it with a shameful sigh..
when there was a massive crowd where the faces mixed with the lights? that was different..
one on one? it was always so-
nerve-wracking..
sometimes he asked to do
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it's like you said! all in the stance too! yeah! my legs are way stronger than my arms! sometimes to a self-conscious degree considering my arms could always be buffer but-
....
um-
sorry- off track,,, !
thank you!!
( another deep breath, puffing chest
firmly planting loafers,
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woke up with a tummy ache today ...
i shouldn't have to wake up suffering like this... i should just stay curled up in my bed... being warm..
this is so unfair :-[ !
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disappointed ?!?
so does that-
does that mean,,
you,,, you have,, some faith in me ?
because disappointment needs hope in the first place right? expectations?
..aw man, this is like, like my, my exhibitions for future agents & coaches, &
ohmygawd
this is so much pressure,,
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( in one blink, he's on the ground
rapid push-ups like a mad man before getting self-conscious
flushed, he slowly draws up to his knees, twiddling with the tight helm laced around broad thighs
glanced away, flustered
sitting for a second before puffing his chest & standing



