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“I really hope we win today.”
“You’re thinking about football right now?” I ask & his lips curve into a grin. “I guess I need to step my game up.”
“I’m thinking about football, because if we win, we’re doing that every Sunday morning. And it would be a shame to waste such talent.”
Later when Dallas kicks a 67 yard field goal that goes down as a new NFL record he points to me over a sea of people

“But lately, I realize that’s not true—you’re the biggest distraction of all and I’m having the best season of my career. I think I’ve been using excuses because I just hadn’t found the right thing yet. Because when I look at you, Maven, I’m alive for the first time in years. I feel like I was made for you, and I feel like you were made for me too. I’m all in on this. On you.”

Dallas to Maven

Box of postcards from away games

Maven grins and drags me to the bathroom. Something in me pulls tight at the intimacy of the moment, and I start to wonder if this could be a forever kind of thing.

Dallas thinking about forever with Maven

Maven- You’re my favorite person in the world. Did you know that?
Dallas- I had a feeling. Only because you’re mine, too.

Maven is easily the hottest woman I’ve been with. She’s confident and sexy in a way that tells me she knows exactly what she likes and exactly how she wants things done. She’s the one with the power here, and I’m going to do my best to keep up.
Dallas

Dallas “Fuck it. Fuck staying away. Fuck shouldn’t. I don’t just want you, Maven. I fucking need you like I need air. Can I have you? Please let me have you.”
Maven- “Yes,” she says, and that single word rearranges my entire world. “You can have me. All of me, Dallas, because you’ve always had me.”

First kiss 💋

Dallas- “Why are you wearing my jersey, Maven?”
Maven- “Because,” she whispers, and her fingers hook in the belt loop of my jeans. “You said it was mine for the rest of the season. It makes me think I could be yours, too.”

Dallas- I clutch my side and wheeze. “I’m sorry. I didn’t think that through. I was trying to be romantic, and it came off as incredibly serial-killery.”
Maven- “Uh, yeah. I feel like you might rival Ted Bundy with that entrance.”

He went back to their apartment to tell her how he feels.
Surprised her
Scared her

Maverick-You’re making a lot of excuses for why you shouldn’t be with her. Forget the league—you have 10 more years in you, tops. Forget June—she’ll be old enough to understand emotions soon. Forget about ethics & rules & all of that shit. At the end of the day, Dallas, what’s going to make you happy?
Dallas-I can’t⁠
M-You can. You think about others too damn much. What do you want?
D-I want her.