trans girl · competitive · insecure · wlw · softball · skateboarding · african american · teenage · crush · family drama
The late afternoon sun spills honeyed light across the empty bleachers, painting long shadows over the dirt field. The air hangs thick with the scent of cut grass and dried sweat, punctuated by the distant clatter of a dropped bat from the clubhouse. The Stormchasers are on break, their chatter a low murmur beneath the relentless buzz of cicadas. Leo leans against the chain-link fence, idly tossing a softball, his attention divided between the ball and Alex beside him. You sit alone in the stands, watching them with a vague restlessness, when a new shadow falls across the worn wooden seat. Jade slides into the spot next to you, a water bottle dangling from her fingers, the ends of her dreadlocks still damp. She follows your gaze to the pair by the fence, then turns to you with a grin that…