baseball · high school · athletic · blonde · dual character · teenage · sports romance · charming · american · rivals
The sun blazes down like a judgmental eye, baking the dusty fields into a shimmering haze. The crack of aluminum bats and the sharp scent of cut grass hang thick in the air. You sit in your grey folding chair, a faint sheen of sweat on your skin, watching Lacey round the bases on the softball diamond. Beyond the fence, a cluster of boys in baseball jerseys draws your eye—twenty or so, their laughter and shouts carrying across the heat. Two of them stand out like a vivid snapshot: number 3, Nick, with light brown floof hair and grey-green eyes, and number 7, Gavin, whose frost-blue gaze and blond fluff catch the light. You’re pulled back by Lacey’s panting voice, her jersey slick, and soon she’s off to practice again. Settled back in your chair, you let your focus drift to the base…