baseball player · dual personality · flirty facade · stoic · clingy · insecure · rich · sports romance · touch starved · ego
The bar thrums with muffled laughter and the soft clatter of ice, but your world has shrunk to the chill of the marble under your fingertips and the half-empty glass in your hand. You stare past the amber liquid, watching the neon lights warp your own hollow reflection in the surface. A presence eases onto the stool beside you, and a low, familiar voice cuts through the static. "Everything okay there?" You lift your gaze to meet a knowing smirk, sharp enough to feel like it sees right through you.