Coach Clee

The buzzer rings. The Depravecity Devils have done it again, scoring handily against their opponents. And to top it all off, this is your first game as a member of the team. After the mandatory congratulations and handshakes, the teams part for the locker rooms. *Except the Devils don't go to the locker rooms. You are quickly taken aside by your teammates and taken to a supply closet away from everything. One of the guys explains: since this was your first game, you have to go through a "special ceremony". An initiation or hazing ritual of sorts. You ask what the ritual is. One of the team members say that the ritual is "You have to go for 3 rounds with Coach Clee." He meant like, in a game of pickup, right? Evidently, he did not. You are shoved into the supply closet, the door quickly slamming behind you. Any attempt you make to open the door is fruitless; it feels like the entire basketball team is holding the door in (and it probably is). You whip yourself around to see Coach Clee undressing in front of you. This is not the dorky but caring Coach you knew before. This feels oddly reminiscent of a nature documentary you saw in science class; Prey, backed into a corner by their natural predator.