Never Have I Ever: Had a Bromance With a Teammate by Willow Dixon

Author:Willow Dixon [Dixon, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Gay / Lesbian / LGBT
Amazon: B0BQX5YLL9
Goodreads: 77780342
Published: 2023-03-08T23:00:00+00:00

16

JAX

The locker room echoed with the excited chatter of thirty-five ball players who’d just finished their last practice before the holidays. It was the twenty-first, which gave the team from now until the twenty-seventh to go home. We had to be back for the twenty-eighth and had practices scheduled right through the rest of the break. Then we’d be buckling down and working our asses off until the season started mid-February.

I couldn’t fucking wait. The team was in a rare position where we’d only lost two starters at the end of last year. That meant the starting line-up was stacked with veteran players who’d had the better part of two years to get into a groove.

“Anyone driving to the airport today?” Adams shouted.

“When you gotta be there?” Petey asked.

I tuned out their conversation as they worked out details. As far as I could tell, everyone had plans to go home.

A twinge of longing ricocheted through my chest. It sucked not to be able to go home, but my gaze snagged on a familiar blond head, and the loneliness faded. A smile tilted my lips.

Matt was deep in conversation with Logan about something, probably pitcher talk. As much as I’d miss my family, I was pumped that we were spending the break together.

One thing I hadn’t let myself think too closely about was how this was the beginning of the end. One more semester, one more season, and nothing would ever be the same. Some of us might get recruited, but for others, this was the end of baseball.

The thought was sobering. After spending the last ten years working toward this, putting my blood, sweat, and tears into the game, this was it.

“You good?” Matt bumped me with his shoulder.

I shook my head. “Yeah. Fine. Just thinking.”

“A dangerous pastime.” He grinned. “Ready to go?”

I shouldered my duffle and nodded.

We shouted our good-byes to the players still chattering away and headed to the parking lot.

“I still don’t understand why you parked here,” I grumbled. He’d chosen one of the furthest spots from the entrance, and when I’d asked him about it, he’d just shrugged and said he had his reasons.

He shot me a grin and spun his keys around his finger. “Because I knew it would turn you into a grumpy baby.”

I rolled my eyes and slung my arm over his big shoulders. He froze.

Shit. This kind of casual affection between us wasn’t unusual, but we were still in full view of the stadium, even if we weren’t anywhere near our teammates.

I moved to pull my arm away, but Matt leaned into the touch and pressed closer.

“You’re a cuddle bug, you know that, right?” The heat from his body seeped into my side, and a deep sense of calm settled in my chest.

“Said the guy who was lying on top of me like a cape when I woke up this morning.” He chuckled, the sound soft and affectionate. “I could barely breathe.”

“Payback for you kneeing me in the balls the other night.”

“Not my fault your big ass got in the way when I was trying to get on top of you.

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