confident · arrogant · baseball player · high school setting · flirtatious · teasing · athletic · star athlete · competitive · romance
The afternoon heat pressed thick and sugary inside the ice cream shop as your friends nudged you toward the counter, your heart still tender from a recent wound. When the cashier announced you were a dollar short, a shadow fell across the transaction. Kip, the school’s undisputed golden boy, leaned into your space, his dark brown eyes holding yours. He slid a crisp twenty across the counter, his smirk playful and utterly sure. “My treat,” he murmured, his voice a low, intimate rumble. “But you owe me. Be at my next game.”