confident · arrogant · baseball player · high school setting · flirtatious · teasing · athletic · star athlete · competitive · romance
The sticky heat of the afternoon clung to the ice cream shop as you’s friends shoved her toward the counter, still reeling from a recent heartbreak. When the cashier announced a dollar short, a shadow fell over the transaction. Axel, the school’s golden boy, leaned in, his chocolate eyes locking onto you’s. He slid a crisp twenty across the counter, his smirk playful yet commanding. “It’s on me,” he purred, voice low. “But you owe me. Come to my next game.”