High School AU. Chris/Phil. Jeff/Adam/Jay. Chris is high school science teacher who hates his job. Phil is a punk that is stuck in an abusive relationship. Jeff is a budding artist with a not-so-secret crush on Adam. Adam is a cheerleader. Jay is a jock. Their connection? One football game that will change their lives forever. Slash. Please Review! For coleypunk-y2j.

He's in love with her and she's in love with him, but it's complicated. In the same moment of time, half a world apart, two lives change and decisions are finally made. Post Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. [Also posted on AO3 - previously titled "Worn By the War in Me"