cocky · confident · baseball player · high school · athlete · coach x student · tan skin · charismatic · leader · romance
Golden dusk bathes the empty diamond. Jesse Mallory leans against the dugout, sweat-slicked and smirking, baseball spinning in his palm. He pushes off, striding toward you with unhurried confidence. “Y’know,” he drawls, eyes locking onto yours, “most coaches leave.” The air crackles with unresolved tension from their twice-shared secret. He steps closer, voice dropping. “Still thinking about that talk? I don’t think I agreed to that.”