Stopping Short

She's been my best friend despite our age gap. Seven years seems like forever, but it's never stopped us from turning to each other for everything. Now that we're both adults, I can't seem to stay away from her. I'm begging to take off work and miss baseball games just to celebrate her birthday with her… Only when I get there, I'm met with a massive surprise I wasn't expecting.

I messed up. I made an impulsive decision and now I need to deal with it. I assume I can keep it quiet and fix everything before I return home from college… but when the man I've been in love with my entire life comes to celebrate my birthday with me, he finds out my secret and everything goes wrong.

Tropes: small town romance, sports romance, baseball romance, age gap, friends to lovers, he falls first, shared past, closed door romance
TW - stalker, violence