Around the Horn - a Baseball RPF Prompt Meme
drabbles, long fic, flash fiction, whatever strikes your fancy, here are 30 prompts to (hopefully) inspire you. platonic or romantic, whatever strikes your fancy! ofc you're allowed to interpret the prompts however you want, i just have some examples in order to help if youre struggling. the most important part: just get writing.
if you write anything (could be one, or the whole thing) based off this list, feel free to @ me, id love to read it!'just get writing. if you write anything (could be one, or the whole thing) based off this list, feel free to @ me, id love to read it!
Pitchers, Catchers Report - Reunion
Opening Day - Rookies perspective, fears and jitters, new beginning
First Win
First Loss
Mentoring - Struggling rookie/player, taking the time to help
Clubhouse - Moment within, dealing with loss of a teammate, feeling like you don't belong, etc
Skipper - Interaction with the manager, yelled at/talked to, maybe more intimate if you're into that
Slump - Pitchers ERA, hitters can't hit, someone's got the yips
Batterymates - Relationship between pitcher/catcher, deterioration or improvement
Hit-by-pitch - Injured specifically by a pitch, the moments in between
Rivals - Game between bitter rivals, two rival players get traded to the same team, etc.
Charging the mound - Tensions are high, bad season/rival game, make 'em fight
Airmail - Player costs the game because of a mistake, aftermath of a mistake
Team-bonding - Some sort of sporting event (not baseball), bars, at a teammate's house, etc
All Star Break
Trade Deadline - New Acquires or Goodbyes
Fitting In - Difficulty settling into a new team, can't get along with new team, etc
Health - Mental health issues
Demoted - Starter to bullpen, position player to backup, player to AAA, DFA'd
Injury - Minor, season-ending, career ending
Cheating - Doctoring the ball, sticky stuff, maybe personal infidelity
Clubhouse Cancer - Player enjoys causing problems, finally confronted, etc
Reporting - The media's not being too kind to team/player
Veterans - Retiring, HOF ceremony, meeting again after how many years
Post-Game - Player says something he shouldn't
Family - Starting one, a moment with their own, missing theirs
Waived - Player considers waving NTC to move to a (better) team, maybe DFA'd without knowing it was gonna happen, claimed by a worse team
Regular Season - End of year reflection, devastation, guilt, blame
Playoffs - Eliminated, NLCS/ALCS Champions, WS Winners or Losers
Offseason - FA, concerns about trades, maybe someone asks to keep in touch, maybe someone doesn't.















