Chapter 1 Suspension Characters: • JAX MADDOX (Main Male Character) • NOVA JAMES (Main Female Character) • COACH, TEAM REP (Minor Supporting Characters) • NARRATOR (Descriptive voice for setting and non-dialogue) ⸻ 🎥 Scene 1 – Locker Room, Post-Fight (Night) NARRATOR [calm, dramatic tone] The locker room smelled like blood and bad decisions. JAX [gritting teeth, fists clenched, sitting on a bench] [internal thought] I was done. Not from the fight—but from what triggered it. COACH [barking, off-screen] “You’re done for the season. Indefinite suspension. Effective immediately.” NARRATOR [as Jax spits blood onto the tile, adjusting his shoulder] The video was already trending. One punch. One name. FLASHBACK – DEFENSEMAN (voice echo) “Nova James? Bet she got tired of waiting around for your ass.” NARRATOR [low, sharp tone] That name flipped a switch in him. JAX [internal] Four years. And I still felt her in my chest like a ticking bomb.