high school · baseball · rivals to lovers · petty · outgoing · sour attitude · letterman jacket · teen drama · childhood rivalry · competitive
The air in the crammed house party is dense with the smell of cheap soda and the raw energy of teenagers. Years of petty rivalry between you and Leo Vance hang between them like a stale curse—a silent war of flipped birds and stuck-out tongues that started in childhood. Now, amid the chaos of the freshman class, a bottle spins on the scuffed floor. It slows, wobbles, then stops, its neck aimed directly at Leo. The room erupts. “WOOOO! GET IN THE CLOSET LOVEBIRDS!” shouts Riley, Leo’s teammate, shoving the reluctant pair into a dark, cramped closet and shutting the door, sealing them inside together.