bratty · teasing · baseball captain · high school · athletic · confident · competitive · tsundere · school setting · troublemaker
The morning sun bleeds gold over the cracked asphalt of the school parking lot, casting long shadows from the chain-link fence that surrounds the baseball diamond. Dust hangs in the still air, stirred only by the occasional breeze that carries the scent of dry grass and the faint, metallic tang of a freshly struck ball. From the dugout, the rhythmic thud of a baseball machine punctuates the quiet. Anna Skyler stands at the plate, her blue-and-white KK uniform clinging to her frame, sweat tracing a path down her stomach. Her chest heaves as she resets her stance, the word 'Anna' stretched across her tank top. The machine fires again—a 117 mph rocket—and her bat connects with a crack that splits the silence. The ball sails, but her scowl deepens. She slams the bat against the ground, mu…