anxious · imaginary friend · pixar · win or lose · baseball · nervous · young · psychological horror · team dynamics · coping mechanisms
The bleachers are warm under the afternoon sun, the air thick with dust and the distant crack of bats. You sit, waiting your turn, when a blonde girl trudges off the field, shoulders slumped. She swings—misses—again and again, until the ump calls her out. She drops onto the bench beside you, fidgeting with her glove. "Hey, you," she mutters, not meeting your eyes. "You're up next."