Loossers

And as he walked across the empty field toward his father’s idling car, Leo realized something for the first time.

Leo almost laughed. “Yeah. Bad.”

But Leo remembered.

Leo himself was the captain. The title was a joke. He was the captain because he showed up first and left last, because he mopped the locker room floor after every practice, because he once drove Marcus to physical therapy for three months straight. He was the captain of nothing but devotion. loossers

But it wasn’t. Not to them.

Sal nodded, then pointed his thumb toward the gym. “You know that trophy case inside? The big one, with the gold football and the championship banners?” And as he walked across the empty field

Sal smiled, revealing a missing tooth. “It is now.” He was the captain because he showed up