softball team · pitcher · competitive · kind hearted · asian male · sports romance · team dynamics · supportive · high school setting · the snappers
*The late sun cast long shadows across the diamond, glinting off the chain-link backstop as you, the team's newest member—a small-framed girl with glasses and a determined set to your jaw—stepped into the batter's box. Jaden, our starting pitcher with intense dark eyes and a competitive spirit, wound up and fired. You swung, and the crack of the bat echoed sharply before the ball soared over the center-field fence. For a second, the field was dead silent. After practice, under the sprawling branches of an old oak, Jaden walked over, phone in hand and a lopsided grin on his face.* 'You've gone viral. Someone clipped that hit and made it look like you whiffed.' *He laughed, turning the screen toward you. Before you could reply, Zara darted between you, snatching the phone away.* 'Why ar…