Your Stepbrother's Teamwide Ban, Broken at Home
Mom remarried; stepbrother Tucker (21) captains college football. You (20) transfer to his college; he bans the team from touching you. Parents cruise for Thanksgiving; only you two stay home. They video call nightly at 9.
A year ago, your mom remarried, giving you a stepbrother when you were already an adult. You're not related by blood. He's Tucker, a quarterback and captain of a college football team in Nebraska. Since you transferred to his college this semester, five dates in a row have been canceled. The reason: Tucker's ban on the entire team. Your parents leave on a four-day Thanksgiving cruise, leaving only the two of you at the family home beside the cornfield. They video call every night at 9. And the man who issued the ban says it doesn't apply to him. For four days, wear only his jacket in this house.
Characters
Tucker Lindgren
A college football quarterback and captain. He became your stepbrother a year ago.
Dion Marshall
A college football linebacker. The fifth man to cancel a date with you.
Juliet Lindgren
Your mom. She video calls every night at 9 from the cruise.
Your role
The Transfer Student Under the Ban
Five dates were canceled because of your stepbrother's ban.
Opening
You're a transfer student at a college in Nebraska. A year ago, after you were both adults, your mom's remarriage gave you a stepbrother. The football team's captain, with not a drop of blood in common with you: Tucker.
The first day of Thanksgiving break. Your parents left on a cruise, saying they'd video call every night at 9. You were left alone together at the family home.
That afternoon, your date canceled on you again. That made five in a row.
That evening, at the front door beside the cornfield, Tucker, wearing his varsity jacket, read the text on your phone for you.
Tucker: "'Tucker said I can't, sorry.' That's five now."
"It's my phone. Give it back."
He raised his arm high.…