Touch Football mega thread
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return_to_nolaThere was a field not too far from Phoenix Effect that was too small for all the various sports leagues in the city to have snapped up for weekend practices or games, but big enough for the fairly flexible game of touch football, so that's where they played. People came and went for most of the afternoon, though the game itself only lasted an hour and change. Almost everyone played, but there were several people watching, choosing to cheer or heckle or talk amongst themselves as it suited them.
When everyone got together enough to actually start the game, they divided into two teams, with Matteo as the referee. Zach's team was made up of Hazel, Max, Hanne, Nori, Nick, Alex, and Oliver; Kyle had Elspeth, Joel, Carrie, Caleb, Irene, Sam, and Elena on his team. It wasn't a blowout, but Zach's team won by a few touchdowns and were crowned the victors. Despite a couple minor accidents, everyone came out of it in one piece. More or less.
When everyone got together enough to actually start the game, they divided into two teams, with Matteo as the referee. Zach's team was made up of Hazel, Max, Hanne, Nori, Nick, Alex, and Oliver; Kyle had Elspeth, Joel, Carrie, Caleb, Irene, Sam, and Elena on his team. It wasn't a blowout, but Zach's team won by a few touchdowns and were crowned the victors. Despite a couple minor accidents, everyone came out of it in one piece. More or less.
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Date: 2019-04-25 01:51 am (UTC)Hanne smiled and kissed him softly. "Me either."
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Date: 2019-04-25 01:57 am (UTC)“A dancer.” He considered this information again, in this new light.
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Date: 2019-04-25 02:48 am (UTC)"What do you think? I mean, at least you know your--" Wife? Girlfriend? They should probably figure that out. "--me has rhythm."
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Date: 2019-04-25 02:49 am (UTC)“I love it.” How could he not love it! Max kissed Hanne’s hair again. A few times.
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Date: 2019-04-25 03:08 am (UTC)Hanne beamed. "And you take care of the tiny humans, which is perfect." Because of course he took care of people with that huge, adventurous heart of his. "Also very handy for when we have kids."
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Date: 2019-04-25 03:10 am (UTC)“I assume that’s why I have the job, yes,” Max agreed, because why else?
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Date: 2019-04-25 04:33 am (UTC)"I'm so happy right now. If I was still a star you would have to wear sunglasses."
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Date: 2019-04-25 04:35 am (UTC)“I still feel the glow,” Max replied, and kissed her properly.
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Date: 2019-04-28 07:52 am (UTC)"I like him so much," she replied, plenty loud enough for Kyle to hear. What? It wasn't a secret! And, best case scenario, she might make him blush adorably. "Now my two favorite people outside Wisconsin know each other and life is perfect." Was Hazel ever going to stop grinning? Probably not!
"I told you Katie did the mural at Phoenix Effect, right?" she asked Kyle. She'd gushed to so many people about it, it was hard to remember. "She's basically made of talent. Too bad she's not going to use any of her many talents to play football with us," Hazel teased lightly.
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Date: 2019-04-28 08:20 am (UTC)Kyle did indeed blush adorably, which made Katie say, “He has the cutest blush.”
Kyle laughed. “Thank you. Your mural is amazing, by the way.”
Now that Katie knew what her mural was saying, she had different kind of love for it, but that didn’t mean she didn’t love compliments about it. “Thank you. Unfortunately, I can’t paint football.”
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Date: 2019-04-28 08:58 am (UTC)"I know, right? I'm evil and make him do it all the time because I love it." Hazel leaned up and kissed Kyle's cheek in appreciation. "I bet you could paint football. It would be very un-you, but you could. I, of course, completed my football masterpiece in high school, on the side of the gym. My brother and his friends were Very Impressed." She had spent a lot of time growing up with her brother and his sweet jock friends.
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Date: 2019-04-28 09:00 am (UTC)“You’re part sports and it’s fascinating to me,” Kate replied comfortably. “Kyle, are you part sports?”
“Nope.” He grinned. “I’m all software and tattoos, I have zero percent sports.”
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Date: 2019-04-28 09:20 am (UTC)"And yet we're all here to play sports because of him! What a wacky world we live in." Hazel was delighted. "And to be precise, I am like 35% farm, 10% sports, 55% enormous buckets of brightly colored paint," she clarified. "Also one hundred percent adoration for you both."
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Date: 2019-04-28 09:23 am (UTC)Kyle grinned and, because he was starting to feel so much more himself around Hazel, grabbed her in a hug. “I have that adoration for you too.”
“Aww,” said Katie, rolling her eyes with utmost fondness.
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Date: 2019-04-28 09:42 am (UTC)Hazel loved being wrapped up in Kyle's arms, and she curled into him happily even as she laughed at Katie's response. "We'll see if he still likes me once I make his whole team cry," she joked.
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Date: 2019-04-28 09:50 am (UTC)“I bet he likes you more.”
Kyle laughed. “It’s possible, Katie. I won’t lie.”
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Date: 2019-04-28 10:03 am (UTC)"Stop being perfect, I can't handle it," she protested, hiding her face against his chest and flushing happily.
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Date: 2019-04-28 10:06 am (UTC)“No way,” Kyle replied, squeezing her tightly.
“Kyle, I already approve, you don’t have to keep showing off,” Katie teased.
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Date: 2019-04-28 10:13 am (UTC)"He's always like this! Now you know what I've been talking about." Because yes, she'd gushed to Katie more than once, and yes, she was so into him it was gross/adorable/embarrassing/the most wonderful thing.
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Date: 2019-04-28 10:41 am (UTC)“She really did describe you exactly like this,” Katie told Kyle, just to see if he’d blush again. And he did!
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Date: 2019-04-28 10:46 am (UTC)Hazel laughed and squeezed him tightly. "We should stop teasing him, or I'll be forced to kidnap him off to somewhere private and the game will be canceled." His blushes were too adorable, her heart too full.
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Date: 2019-04-28 11:13 am (UTC)“I had no idea football flirting was so sexy,” Katie replied, winking at Hazel.
Kyle hid his face against Hazel, though he was still laughing.
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Date: 2019-04-28 11:22 am (UTC)"Only with delicate tattooed nerd boys I can't get enough of," Hazel clarified, grinning. "All other football flirting is bad and lame. It is known."
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Date: 2019-04-28 11:24 am (UTC)“I wish I had a nerd boy to flirt with.” That was a fun joke until Katie remembered that she did actually have one, but she laughed at herself anyway, because she just had to keep that secret from Hazel forever, she guessed.
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Date: 2019-04-28 11:39 am (UTC)Hazel just laughed. "Oh my god, Kyle, you just made Katie attracted to men. I love you, Katie, but you can't have him. I called dibs."