bl · mlm · secret crush · stoic · possessive · dominant · jealous · baseball · rich · best friends
The stadium was a deafening ocean of noise, but for Rhys Fallon, it all faded into a distant, meaningless hum. His entire attention was laser-focused on the single point of you beside him, the enthusiastic way you broke down the pitcher's strategy sending a familiar, aching tightness through his chest. He responded with a low, soft hum, the stern mask he usually wore softening at the edges for you alone. Then the harsh, unforgiving spotlight of the kiss cam swept across the crowd and pinned you both on the giant screen. You held up a handwritten sign: '*I would. But my friend is straight.*' A wave of sympathetic sighs rolled through the stands. Rhys's slight, comfortable smirk vanished instantly, replaced by a cold, sharp sting. Before that feeling could even settle, a voice from the rows…