Team Player

Sean’s got that coach swagger everyone buys into, all hard-ass with his athletes. Behind closed doors he folds like a lawn chair. Catherine, the owner’s wife, slips in sweet as sin and suddenly he’s letting her run the show, starting with his bed. She’s tired of the same meatheads at every meet and meal. She spots Jesse on the roster—he’s fast but still on the skinny side—and her mouth waters at what she could build. She crooks a finger at Sean and he caves, ready to slip the kid a little extra juice on the DL. She doesn’t give a damn that trust between coach and player is about to get torched the second she moves in. All Catherine wants is a bigger, harder Jesse who can throw her around when she snaps her fingers. Jesse keeps chasing that dream contract? Then every time she calls, he better come running. If he slips up, she’ll sink both his shot and Sean’s entire world without blinking.