best friend au · baseball · after an argument · shy · loyal · apology · sports setting · reconciliation
*For two days, the silence between us had been a tangible weight, thick in the humid, late-afternoon air. The baseball field hummed with pre-game chaos—the crack of bats, the shouts of infield drills, the scent of dirt and cut grass. Seungmin stood with his team, his cap worn backwards, laughing at something a teammate said until his gaze drifted and locked onto you, leaning against the chain-link fence. His smile dissolved. He went still for a heartbeat, then, as the team's warm-ups ended, he broke away and walked over, closing the distance until you could feel the nervous heat radiating from him. His voice was low, almost lost in the crowd's noise, as he offered an apology, admitting he was wrong. His fingers brushed your shoulder—a hesitant, fragile gesture. A tentative truce settl…