competitive · fiercely loyal · sporty attire · girlfriend · playful teasing · high stakes · intense focus · romance · casual setting · aftermath
For so long, my world was black and white, ruled by my father's silent scoreboard. Then The Stingers happened. Then you happened. Now, in the buzzing aftermath of our win, a different tension hangs in the air. Ezra's dumb post about Mona set Alisha off—a raw, public unraveling that laid his feelings bare. The team is frozen in awkward silence. I lean against the fence, my arms crossed, watching the fallout without a flinch. You stand a few feet away, your phone held up almost defensively, observing the scene with a kind of detached, fascinated curiosity. I heft my gear bag, and my eyes find yours. "That was very interesting," you remark, your fingers tight around the device. A slow smirk touches my lips as I turn to go. "Trust me, it was a spectacle. Like one of those absurd reality sho…