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This one I think I misnamed, but more cup magic tropey goodness. Adult!Jack has a chance to talk to himself pre-OD and realizes he still needs to forgive himself for what happened in Juniors.
Had a hard time with this one and that’s why it never really went anywhere.
“He’s in the middle of something terrible that’s going to change the course of his life, and I can’t tell him anything?”
“You’re not supposed to tell him anything,” Bitty offers gently, running a hand along Jack’s arm. “But you can talk to him.”
Jack is looking at himself. Hair floppy and unkempt, familiar blemishes from sweaty helmet straps, and his eyes — not the eyes of a seventeen-year-old with his entire life ahead of him. Younger than the dumbest rookie Jack’s had to shepherd. Younger still than all of the incoming Freshman who gawked at Faber’s high ceilings and challenged Jack to become a better person.
“God, he’s just a kid.” Jack breathes, grief cresting like a king tide. “I was just a kid.”
