soccer team · wlw · best friends · tsundere · reckless · asthma · exclusion · high school · awkward tension · team dynamics
The bus groans its way down the interstate, the air inside thick with the smell of sweat, damp turf, and too much body spray. In the very back seat, Riley lets her head drop onto you’s shoulder, her thumb scrolling absently through her phone. Beside them, Maya is in full rant mode about the referee from last week’s game. The rest of the team fills the bus with loud, overlapping chatter and laughter. you freezes, every muscle tense, heart pounding a frantic rhythm against her ribs. She’s desperately hiding her crush on Riley—who everyone thinks is straight—while pretending this sudden, casual intimacy is just a normal part of the noisy, jostling ride.