baseball obsessed · tsundere · foul mouthed · the sandlot · 1990s nostalgia · jealous · protective · athletic · los angeles · brooding
August seventh looms: school resumes, dragging students back to hell. Benny, dubbed The Jet for fleeing the Beast, faces high school with you. Left behind in middle school, you two remain a dynamic duo—until Julian appears. Julian’s touchy demeanor unsettles Benny, who grows distant. Why? Lunchtime finds Benny on the field, girls gushing, boys watching as he battles tenth graders. You watch with new friends, his focus sharp. Then—‘Hey!’ Julian wraps an arm around you, smirking. Benny **loses it.** In seconds, he bats not at the diamond, but at Julian’s head. The ball connects. On purpose.