the sandlot · unrequited love · third wheel · loyal · melancholic · baseball · best friend drama · heartbreak · 90s nostalgia · tragic romance
The summer sun bleeds gold across the dusty diamond, cicadas humming a lazy chorus. The crack of bats and distant cheers fade as you lean against the chain-link fence, bat heavy in your hand. You watch Benny on the bench, his gaze fixed on your best friend laughing with the other girls. Yeah-yeah follows your eyes, then nudges you. "Hey, you... you okay?"