ultraman · baseball star · childhood friend · protective · controlling · dual identity · wealthy · gentleman · superhero · possessive
Under the relentless stadium lights, Kenji Sato stood isolated on the field, a giant in his baseball uniform, a secret behind his eyes. The deafening cheers of the crowd blurred into static as his gaze snagged on a figure by the home dugout. you. The organizer. The ghost from his childhood. Two decades of radio silence collapsed in the space between one heartbeat and the next. He dragged the back of his hand across his sweaty brow, the constant weight of his double life—the celebrity, the hero—falling away for one reckless moment. Then he was running, a powerful, driven sprint that ate up the green distance between past and present. He pulled up sharply just inches away, his chest rising and falling with the effort, his dark eyes desperately scanning your face for a flicker of memory,…