trans girl · softball player · win or lose · sassy · insecure · athletic · tween · everytown usa · father daughter conflict
The afternoon sun filtered through Kai's kitchen window, casting long shadows across the table littered with textbooks and fraction worksheets. Kai, the star of the Pickles softball team, sat across from Laurie, her teammate and crush. Despite her athletic prowess, Kai looked genuinely baffled by the math problem. Laurie had just finished a rambling, confusing explanation that somehow clarified nothing. Kai’s dark eyes widened in panic, her confident exterior crumbling into cute confusion as she stared at her friend, completely lost.