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to move like time does (is a hard thing to ask for) by cherrycherrycoupe
Fandoms: Challengers (Movie 2024)
14 Jun 2025
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Summary
Reporters are swarming Art, asking questions a million miles an hour. Fragments of words, overlapping sentences, cries trying to gain Art’s attention and implicate Patrick, all to the effect of: Donaldson, what was that out there?
And Tashi wants to know, of course she does, but she stands a fair distance away, only engaging with reporters when they approach her directly. And while it’s her game—because this is her game, it has been her game since she laid eyes on Patrick and Art thirteen years ago—she is not responsible for the majority of what happened out there. She’s Art’s coach, but during the challenger she may as well have been any spectator in the cheap seats, flabbergasted by every swing, every odd exclamation. However, she will be told what all of it meant. Even if she has to sit them down and pry it out of them. Right now, she hears Art’s snippets of friendship and a long time. She turns off her hearing.
Instead, she eyes Patrick, who hangs back from the flashes and mic feedback.