Uncovered (Dev and Lee Book 4) by Kyell Gold

Author:Kyell Gold [Gold, Kyell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lee, Gay, furry, football, dev, Romance, out of position
ISBN: 9780985777876
Publisher: 24 Carat Words
Published: 2014-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12 – Moving On (Dev)

Thursday is cloudy and cool and perfect weather for stomping around a football field and slamming into tackling dummies. “Easy,” Gerrard says after I bounce off of one dummy and stand there panting. “Save something for the game.”

“I’ve got plenty for the game,” I growl, then stand up and go at the dummy again.

Gerrard and Carson do sprints and footwork drills, which to be honest are probably more useful than tackling drills at this point, but I feel like tackling things. Not that I’m imagining that the dummies are Lee. I push any thought of him out of my mind as soon as it comes in. I’m focused on football, perfecting my technique and being the best I can be.

In the afternoon, the backup linebackers come around and we go over film and formations. There’s little deception involved in Crystal City’s offense. They run a lot of standard formations and they run them very well. They have a quarterback who can thread the ball through a tight seam, an elk at running back who just doesn’t quit, and a rabbit and fox at wide receiver who make coverages difficult. We review film of our game against them, and even though I didn’t play a lot in it, Gerrard points out Corey’s mistakes as though they were mine. “He’s cheating here, and the quarterback sees that,” he says. Or, “Here he’s watching the quarterback instead of his assignment, and the wolf just looks him off so he isn’t in position when the throw comes.”

“I know my assignments,” I say. “I know what I’m supposed to be focusing on.”

Gerrard looks around the room, past me to Zillo and Marais and the couple others sitting there. “Don’t put too much pressure on yourselves,” he says. “Yeah, it’s the championship game. But in the end, it’s just another football game. The lights are brighter, the crowd louder, but the other team is the same as they were at the beginning of the year, and the football is the same, and the ground feels just as hard when you hit it.” He stretches the corners of his mouth back in a narrow-eyed smile. “So make the other guys hit it.”

The backups murmur behind me, but I stare ahead at the screen. “Keep going,” I say.

Gerrard and Carson have to drag me out to dinner. Even then, I stay at the steakhouse until everyone else has left for one last night with their families. Zillo and I sit there nursing our fourth beers of the night, with our bills sitting on the table in their faux-leather folios, our plates long since cleared away, only crumbs and meat juice stains left on the tablecloth.

“You don’t have to hang out with me,” he says. “I know you’ve got your fox to go home to.”

“Yeah.” I let the beer wash over my tongue, barely tasting it. “I don’t mind.”

He flicks his ears back, then cups them toward me. “Everything okay?”

“It’s fine,” I say. “I’m just antsy to get on the road and get to Crystal City to practice.

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