— ! shortstop

the familiar voice struck a nerve for the small girl, she looked up into the man’s eyes for the first time since they entered the room, beyond the bruised skin was a pair of hazel brown eyes she once considered home. “sawyer?” she murmured with a chuckle. she was conflicted whether to be happy or concerned, there were a thousand and one other emotions in the back of her mind but those two were at the forefront. she quickly brushed down her hair all of the sudden feeling bare and indecent at his kind and nearly solemn words. “in my defense you don’t exactly look like yourself” she vaguely referred to his eye, not sure if it was topic for this particular moment. “i’m well-” how does she explain dropping out of a symphony and practically throwing away her harvard life to become a music tutor. “i needed a change… apparently it wasn’t big enough.” she smiled tucking an unstyled piece of hair behind her ear. “do you live here?”

the way that sawyer reacted startled him. sure, he had seen his friend upset before, even enraged, but it was never directed toward chardon. he kind of took a step back, his face became a mix of sadness and anger. “fine, go ahead move on. go find your check.” he answered quietly, not being able to find any other words. he didn’t really want to accept the apology, but he figured he’d offer something. “let me know if you’d want to go out for a drink sometime. after you feel better.”

babe gasped as he explained what had happened, his shrinking posture causing her heart to break a little. neither of them were the softest of people, each reserved in their own way, so it was fair to say babe hugging sawyer was not expected on either end. it was the only thing that felt right to her though, like it might lessen his grief or assure him that he didn’t need to keep his tough facade around her. his dark joke had her furrowing her brows again and pulling away to speak “it messed up your eyesight? how permanent is this?” she didn’t acknowledge his self deprecating tone with as much as a eye roll, too concerned to humor him.

At the sight of the male, the dirty blonde broke out into a wide grin, having missed seeing one of his closer friends in Malnati’s. He hadn’t had much time to stop by and check on him, being so busy lately so this was a nice little surprise. Though seeing angry bruise Sawyer sported around his eye, the smile quickly faded and his brows furrowed into a look of concern, the other’s quick words causing Arlo stumble on what to say next, he didn’t mean to stare, but god was he anxious. “Holy shi- I-I mean, I’m sorry I’m….what the hell happened, man?”

the blonde nodded, listening intently to sawyer. he felt his chest tighten up, feeling pity for sawyer. “well, at least you went to the doctor.” he mumbled under his breath. the idea that sawyer would have to give up baseball seemed absurd to anyone. but here it was, a probable reality. “there’s no way they can keep you off that field, i mean it’s your whole life sawyer. there has to be something they can do about it.” chardon tried desperately. “it’s your whole life.”

elias looked up from his food and shook his head, “nah, it’s only my first week here. I have no idea where anything is.” he said to the male before tilting his head to the side, “you look like you got hit with a ton of bricks. i recommend you put some ice on that.” the man stated, “just trying to help, man.”

Jamie raised his brows at the response, not really liking the thought of that and also now wondering where he got the false information from. He couldn’t help but grimace at the picture that was now painted at the possibility of hurting yourself in over-doing it. The other made it sound like it was coming from experience, causing him to make sure to keep all that he was being told in mind. He didn’t know the brunet all that much but he seemed to know what he was talking about. Hearing Sawyer’s exclamation to yoga, the older male playfully lifted his arms up defensively, letting out a soft chuckle and a small smirk paint his features. “Damn, alright, alright. I respect that. How many days a week would ya recommend I do it? Yanno, if I wanted to get into that.” Realizing how little he knew about all of this, Jamie began to wonder if he should invest in a personal trainer or maybe just head out with someone else who knew what they were doing. “…You down to have someone else join you while you’re pullin’ some weights? You seem to have this whole thing figured out and honestly, I don’t trust myself to remember any of this stuff.” He admitted, bashfully scratching the back of his neck.

“they should be- holy crap!” ruth couldn’t finish her sentence at the sight of is black eye “oh my god sawyer!” she approached him with furrowed brows “don’t be an asshole” she normally would’ve shoved him but didn’t know if he was injured anywhere else so she settled for crossing her arms “what happened?” her voice softened as she made eye contact, which was a little hard considering the distraction being one of his eyes. she felt guilty that she didn’t know earlier though it explained his absence.  

who steals french fries off the other’s plate: sawyer defs steals babe’s fries bc he won’t buy his own

who jokingly moves in for the kiss when someone asks if they’re a couple: definitely sawyer, but he’d go in for the cheek

who has to bust or bail the other out of jail: imagine sawyer bailing out babe for sending a baseball through someone’s window on private property?

who gives the other advice/comfort about dating issues: babe !! gives !! sawyer !! advice

who shamelessly cheats at games by reaching over to cover the other’s eyes: babe, for sure; they’re both v competitive

who immediately calls dibs on the top bunk: why is this a babe thing to do? lmao

who starts and who wins the pillow fights: babe starts them but sawyer wins

who steals french fries off the other’s plate: ale’s always stealing sawyer’s fries on the rare occasion he orders them lbh

who jokingly moves in for the kiss when someone asks if they’re a couple: this is such an ale Thing to do i feel like?

who has to bust or bail the other out of jail: lmao ale’s bailing out sawyer

who gives the other advice/comfort about dating issues: honestly sawyer’s shit at relationships so he’s going to ale

who shamelessly cheats at games by reaching over to cover the other’s eyes: definitely ale, which sawyer refuses to allow this cheating nonsense lmao

who immediately calls dibs on the top bunk: sawyer bc he’s a child

who starts and who wins the pillow fights: ale starts them but sawyer finishes them