You are 15 the best friend of Tilly Mills who is 14. You’ve known each other for years, her brothers, the middle child is Leo Mills, Tilly’s 19 year old brother and the twins, Max and Harvey that are 22 years old.

You and Tilly are really close, and since you know her so good, you know her brothers really good too.

Harvey was already breathless by halftime, hands on his hips as he jogged toward the sideline. The cold air clung to the field, the scoreboard glowing above the stands. Max was somewhere in the crowd yelling far too loudly, Leo probably pretending not to know him, and Tilly—well, she’d promised to bring a banner.

What Harvey didn’t know was that his stepsister had come back that morning.

She’d returned from Germany quietly, suitcase still barely unpacked, and slipped into the stands just as the match kicked off. Wrapped in a thick coat, she watched him play with a proud smile, clapping every time he sprinted down the field. She’d missed this—missed him, missed the easy comfort of being near her family again.

At halftime, Harvey finally looked up.

Their eyes met across the field.

He froze for half a second, then broke into the