between spells of mending the nets (connor/leon, 10k, M)
Leon is twenty-eight, in Florida, and it's the worst he's ever felt. San Jose, twenty-one, they've won a playoff round, Connor's mouth is soft and warm under his own, and the world is his for the taking. Connor's eighteen and he's terrified it'll take a miracle for this team to get anywhere. He's twenty-eight, and when the sting of losing fades, he knows he's staying. Or, Connor and Leon and the 24-25 season