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OC CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
Lucas Reyes: Freshman striker, who was taken in by Andrew's group, specifically Andrew, Neil, and Nicky. He has a history with sexual assault, rape, and physical abuse by his brother, Michael Reyes.
Michael Reyes: Sexual abuser, rapist, abused both Andrew (while in Easthaven) and Lucas in the past. Killed by Andrew when he attempted to rape Neil, and ended up beating him half to death.
Sloane Mercer: Freshman backliner, fell into the group with the upperclassmen, was in foster care until she landed in a family who was involved in gangs in Chicago, taken under Renee's wing.
Evan Novak: Freshman striker, fell into upperclassmen group, but also spoke to Neil frequently since they bonded over Russian (though not mentioned much in this fic)
Vera Hale: Freshman striker, history unknown to readers, only mentioned in epilogue.
Two other unknown freshmen: not mentioned much, only regarded as "freshmen" [If I end up making a sequel to this story, they will be elaborated on, as well as Vera].
OTHER: [SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE EPILOGUE YET]
Proust is dead, killed by Ichirou's men.
Riko is dead, as seen at the end of the last book.
Tetsuji is no longer the Ravens' coach.
Andrew and Neil are in an established relationship now, and Andrew is getting comfortable with Neil touching him.
Wymack and Abby are in an established relationship now, Wymack intending to propose.
TIMELINE OF THIS FIC:
August 20th, everyone's moved back in on campus
August 21st, first game of the season
August 28th, second game
September 4th, third game
September 10th, Michael gets out of Easthaven
September 11th, fourth game of the season, Michael meets Aaron, Nicky, Neil, and is reunited with Andrew
September 18th-20th, Hiding out in Colombia
September 25th, 5th game of the season, Michael gets to Neil, Andrew's arrest
September 26th- October 3rd, Neil's stay in the hospital
October 3rd-10th, Neil and Andrew stay at Abby's house
October 24th, Neil is cleared to practice again
October 29th, Game vs Ravens, three day weekend, Halloween in Colombia
May ?th, Epilogue, finals, Foxes win it all, Wymack and Abby are found out.
FIC-CANNON BETS SETTLED:
Most yellow cards: Matt with 6
Goals scored on Andrew: 41 in 18 games (Playing only half of the game)
Their record: Perfect season
How many incidents: Technically one, but they all agreed on 2 since Andrew killed somebody and Neil was in the hospital.
Are Abby and Wymack in a relationship: Yes!!
When Neil and Andrew get together: January, (Renee won a lot of money, being the only one to have guessed it).