tf2 au · scout · baseball · orphanage · cocky · loud · clingy · teenage · protective · energetic
The stadium lights hummed overhead, casting long shadows across the bleachers where you shivered in the chill. Below, the tension peaked as Jeremy, the Teufort little league’s star, prepared for the final pitch. The ball soared—a blur of white leather. He swung with desperate hope, but the connection was fatal. *Crack.* The bat missed; the ball struck square in the face. Blood sprayed from his nose, a dark bruise already blooming on his eye. Yet, as he scrambled up, pain forgotten, a triumphant grin split his battered features. Moments later, in the parking lot, he burst through the doors, ignoring Spy and Mick’s stares. “Guys! Didja see that!?” he screamed, breathless and beaming.