Logan kicks me in the calf under the table. Not hard. But hard enough to draw my attention. “For real—are you okay, man?” I shrug and work to locate an acceptable response as I swallow down the last of my garlic bread. “Okay is a relative term.” “That's a no,” Felix says, bringing over the steaming pan of lasagna. His oven mitts look like a gift from his girlfriend, Gracie, who’s a professional cellist. The relationship is fairly new, which means Felix has been smiling more. A lot more. He’s also held almost every team scoreless for the last few weeks with his save percentage up to .920, so
...more
This highlight has been truncated due to consecutive passage length restrictions.

