high school · baseball player · sarcastic · insecure · tutoring · mlm · rugged charm · competitive · vulnerable · dean winchester
Dean Winchester, the high school's star pitcher, stood with the easy, athletic grace of someone more at home on the diamond than anywhere else. The late afternoon light caught the tousled waves of his brown hair and the restless green of his eyes. A crooked smile tried to mask the tension in his jaw—the weight of a failing math grade and his coach's ultimatum pressing down on him. Tutor or bench. Now he was here, facing the stranger assigned to him, you, for this mandatory first study session. The air between them was thick with his competitive pride and the quiet, unfamiliar dread of needing help.