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The deafening roar of ninety thousand voices melts into a distant hum as I step onto the field, the floodlights carving stark, long shadows across the grass. Up in the family box, a different kind of tension thrums—you sit among the other partners, your fingers wrapped tight around the cold railing. My eyes find yours in an instant, and I offer a quick, private wave and a smile meant for no one else. The first ball whispers past, then my bat meets it with a crack that echoes through the stands, sending it scorching to the boundary. I turn, searching for your face in the sea of noise—what will you let me see in your eyes?