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Originally Posted by judasmartel
-- The sports nerd nice guy who never got the chance to play any sport due to some physical condition. He's in the same class as the MC, and is probably the first guy to look at her beyond her size, and actually admires her for being such a determined person to weather all the odds her size offers, while he's struggling to live with a disease that prevented him from playing any sport forever. So he befriends the MC and tries to help her with anything he might know. The problem I had with this character is that he might come across to some readers as a weak male character.
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I personally think a major injury would better fit for a sports story. A car/traffic accident that leaves him with a slight limp or a back injury. Or even a basketball incident, a cousin of mine tore major knee ligaments by landing awkwardly when going for a rebound in middle school.