Status Updates From The Double Play (More Than ...

Even with just snippets of Shaw in this one, he’s still 100% my favorite!!

~ “I want you, Wildflower. I want to eat chocolate chip pancakes in the morning and bring home strawberry matcha when you’ve had a bad day. I want to listen to your elaborate bedtime stories and then sit out here under the stars. I want to see you in the stands at my games and teach you about baseball so you know what’s going on.”

~ Emmett: Goodnight, Wildflower.
I bite my lip.
Hazel: Goodnight, Emmett.
Emmett: You’re supposed to already be sleeping.
Hazel: Why would you text me if you thought I’d be sleeping?
Emmett: For you to wake up to.

Me: stoppppppppp this is so cute

~ Soon, though. Soon I’ll sort through the dark parts of my heart and piece together what’s left to give to her. Hopefully she won’t mind that what I have isn’t much compared to what she’s already given me.

Me: oh Emmett. Don't say that

Annah certainly likes her nicknames for her heroines. Jones, Red, and now Wildflower. I can't remember if Willow had one or not

I wish I had someone to hold me in hard times 🥲

~ Between the hat moment and then waking up to a jersey with his name on the back this morning…I’m officially a goner. The coroner will write death by falling too hard, too fast, on my chart.

Now I need to watch A League of Their Own

~ I’m tempted to smile, but I refrain. I’ve gotten too comfortable. We need boundaries. Bold, extra-large Sharpie-drawn boundaries.

~ He laughs again, tilting his head back. I wish I could take another photo. I’d like to keep this moment forever. Him laughing beneath the sunset. My fingers sticky with ice cream. June giggling even though she likely didn’t hear much of our hushed conversation. It’s so perfect it makes my chest ache with longing. Will I ever get to have this, but with someone I don’t work for?

Pre-read: I find myself unable to read anything weighty, so I've been on a rom-com streak. No regrets. Plus, I'm curious to see how Emmett's story plays out.