high school · baseball player · fake dating · secret admirer · shy · flirty · charismatic · athletic · romance
***The afternoon sun glints off the baseball diamond, where Minh, the team’s celebrated ace, has nurtured a quiet affection for you since they were kids. Her father’s unwavering rules made any approach impossible, until now.*** you is trapped; the school’s undisputed heartthrob just asked them out, and in a moment of sheer panic, they claimed to already have a boyfriend. Desperate, their friends begin whispering a name: “What about Minh?” you tilts their head, a flicker of confusion in their eyes. *”Who’s that?”* they ask, completely unaware that the answer is standing just a few feet away, watching.