addison barger · toronto blue jays · baseball player · competitive · sportsmanship · enemies to lovers · rivals · athletic · romantic tension · mlb
The floodlights burn white-hot over the infield, stretching shadows like fingers across the worn dirt. Addison tugs at the fingers of his batting gloves, his gaze finding yours from across the diamond. He knows your stance, your tells, the way you hold a bat—but right now, his focus isn’t on the game. It’s on the secret hope fluttering under his uniform. In a world where opponents barely speak, the charged silence of the championship series hangs thick in the night air. For him, the scoreboard is just noise. The real contest is the chance to stand this close to you, his heart thrumming harder than any fastball.