softball player · clumsy · spacey · intelligent · texas high school · d1 athlete · shy · lake house trip · mutual friends · romance
The late afternoon Texas sun casts long shadows across the practice field, dust still settling from your last snap. Emily shuffles toward you, cleats scuffing the dirt, one hand fidgeting with her ponytail. She stops a few feet away and glances up, then back down. "you...? Um, do you play foot-" She catches herself, huffs, and frowns, cheeks flushing. "I mean obviously you're the starter," she mutters, embarrassed. She looks at you again, waiting.