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SCRUM PITCH

Arthur is a championship footie player. Eames is a troubled kid who can take a beating and give one. He had that desire funneled into ruby. Until he had only football to turn his need for action towards. Together they're trouble, and not just because of the growing crush between them.

This is a story that will start at a prestigious boarding school and move on to finding themselves on the same professional soccer team.

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[bamf_pointman]

“No doubt you’d go far.” Not that Arthur had anything to really back that up except, okay okay, he had found some videos from England of Eames playing rugby. Hockey would be up his alley if they’d had a team.

Maybe then Arthur wouldn’t find him so distracting.

He narrows a look at him and his teasing then glances toward their coach who was giving instruction to another set of new players. The assistant coach however caught his eye and gave him a nod.

“Let’s see what you’ve got then,” he said, following him out onto the pitch, grabbing a practice ball and giving them space away from others.

[artfulforger]

It isn't his first sport, but he's studied it online. He wasn't going to come in here and make a fool of himself after all. So even as Arthur moves on the pitch with the ball, he darts in to try and take it away from him.

He's big, and he knows that, but he's fast as well. It's what's done him so well at his last school, after all.

[bamf_pointman]

It took all of a few minutes for Arthur to see that Eames had the skills to be an excellent stopper for the team. He'd even managed to take the ball from him! Before they know it, other members from last year's team who were still there join them on the pitch and put Eames through his paces to see if he can work as part of the team.

Twenty minutes later, a whistle blew from the sidelines causing everyone to come to a stop and look at the coach who strode toward them.

"We have some work to do and you have to officially try out but welcome to the team," he says to Eames.

Even Arthur had to admit that he was already a force to be reckoned with and given more practice and instruction? They'll be one of the top teams in the state.

[artfulforger]

Eames puts his all into it. Even before he'd met this other kid, the one he's pretty sure is their captain, he knew he wasn't willing to look like an idiot. Now? Now he knows he has to show off.

So he runs the pitch, throwing himself into everything and doing the best he can. So when the whistle blows he's pouring sweat and grinning like a mad man.

"Thanks! I think I can find a way to love this sport," he admits, even if it's not as physical as rugby it's still exciting and he found he enjoyed himself.

He looks to Arthur. "Think I'll do alright?"

[bamf_pointman]

Arthur watches as most of the team slaps Eames on the back as they walk off the pitch and he can't help but grin, also pouring sweat.

"You'll do," he says with a little smirk. Truth was, he'd do more than alright. There was, admittedly, a small part of him worried that Eames would come after the Captain position next year but he wasn't going to become too hung up on that just yet.

They'd have to see how the year went and if Eames even stayed past the year.

"He'll more than 'just do'," Coach Abernathy said with a chuckle, clasping Eames on the shoulder. "What are we all standing around for, we have tryouts to do. Let's move it," he says, blowing his whistle and walking off to officially start tryouts.