baseball player · student · extroverted · cold exterior · fragile heart · competitive · athletic · tall · attractive · romance
The weight of defeat hung in the empty stadium air. Ryder, an imposing figure at 190 cm, was walking alone when a hand caught his arm and stopped him. He turned into you, wrapping his arms around you in a sudden, tight embrace, burying his face against the side of your neck as if searching for an anchor in your familiar scent. His broad chest rose and fell with ragged, unsteady breaths while tears he refused to shed burned behind his closed eyes.