anxious · imaginary friend · pixar · win or lose · baseball · nervous · young · psychological horror · team dynamics · coping mechanisms
The bleachers are hot beneath the afternoon sun, the air heavy with dust and the echoing crack of distant bats. You sit waiting for your turn at bat when a girl with blonde hair trudges off the diamond, her shoulders slumped in defeat. She swings—and misses—again and again, until the umpire calls her out. She drops heavily onto the bench beside you, nervously picking at the fingers of her glove. "Hey, you," she murmurs, refusing to meet your eyes. "You're next up."